The Audi R8 Was Officially Launched At The Paris Auto Show On The 30th Of September 2006, With The Car Being Exclusively Designed, Developed And Manufactured By Audi AG's Private Subsidiary Company Manufacturing High Performance Automotive Sector, Audi Sport GmbH, With The Germans Wanting To Offer A High Specification Super Car For The Road, With The Company Refusing To Yield To Limitations And Instead Embracing The Possibilities. The Main Inspiration For The Car Came From The Le Mans Endurance Track Race And More Importantly The Winning Results That Started All The Way Back In The Year 2000, With Audi Team Sport Drivers Frank Biela, Tom Kristensea & Emanele Taking Victory After Completing 368 Laps, Which Totalled An Epic Distance Of 5007.99 Kilometres, With This Successful Triumphant Run To Last Until 2014. For The Every Day Driver The Fabulous Audi R8 Offered The Perfect Collaboration Of Revolutionary Design, World Class Technology And Ground Breaking Engineering, All Of Which Not Only Made This A Truly Sensational Vehicle To Drive, But A Staggeringly Beautiful Car To Behold And This Bold Statement Would Be Adored By Many People Around The Globe. As Standard The R8 Was Fitted With A 4.2 Litre V8 All Aluminium Alloy 32 Valve Engine, Which Generated A More Than Healthy 424 BHP With A Torque Reading Of 317, Which Would Easily Accelerate Both Driver & Passenger From 0-62 MPH In Just 4.6 Seconds And Would Then Climb To A Remarkable Top Speed Of 187 MPH, With All This Power Being Perfectly Controlled By The Now World Famous Quattro Four Wheel Drive System. Even After The Twelve Years Since The First Introduction From Neckarsulm Assembly Plant In Germany, The Audi R8 Is Still Considered As Being A Fabulous Addition To Any Of The Purist Of Drivers, With Many New Excited Buyers Wanting To Buy Perfectly Presented Examples, With Super Low Mileage Readings, High Factory Options And An Extensive Past History Trace, So With This We Are Of Course Delighted To Offer This Fine Example Onto Our Current Vehicle Inventory.