{"id":17144,"date":"2017-04-16T09:10:01","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T01:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/?p=17144"},"modified":"2017-04-16T09:11:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-16T01:11:26","slug":"the-audi-sport-edition-of-the-audi-r8-coupe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/the-audi-sport-edition-of-the-audi-r8-coupe\/","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cAudi Sport\u201d Edition of the Audi R8 Coup\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/fb:like>
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Silver, red and black are the colours of Audi Sport \u2013 and of the new special edition R8 Coup\u00e9 model bearing its name. Along with specific components in the cockpit and body, the colours heighten the car\u2019s motorsport feeling. Audi is unveiling the exclusive, high-performance sports car for the first time, at the New York International Auto Show. The car is being built in a limited run of 200 and can be ordered from May onward for overseas market.<\/p>\n

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The Audi R8 is the brand\u2019s sporty spearhead \u2013 on the road and on the race track. Its DNA is endowed with know-how earned from the many success stories at Audi Sport, particularly\u00a0in endurance racing. \u201cIn 2016, we had the most successful year in the history of Audi Sport customer racing, our customer sport department,\u201d said Stephan Winkelmann, CEO of\u00a0Audi Sport GmbH. \u201cWith the R8 LMS we brought home 24 titles, scored 85 race victories\u00a0and tallied up over 100 other podium finishes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And now the Audi Sport Edition is bringing more motorsport emotion to the production car realm with its expressive interplay of the colours silver, red and black, and exclusive interior equipment. In addition to floret silver, matt or gloss, the selection of paint finishes includes mythos black and ibis white. Regardless of what body colour the customer chooses, the sideblades and exterior mirrors in brilliant red produce a striking contrast and are just one of the visual highlights. Accenting the sophisticated exterior are the front spoiler, Singleframe grille and diffuser insert, all in titanium black \u2013 yet another facet of the car\u2019s distinctive character. At the rear, trapezoidal tailpipe trims in gloss black enhance the dynamic effect of the car\u2019s design.<\/p>\n

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Audi Sport GmbH has equipped the special edition with 20-inch wheels of forged aluminium, with 245\/30 front tires and 305\/30 rear tires. The rims in an eye-catching 10-spoke Y design feature a gloss anthracite black paint finish and stand out with their silver edges. And there\u2019s a very special touch: The rim flanges in a gloss turned finish are embellished by an Audi Sport logo. On the R8 V10 version, a high-gloss red finish lend the callipers of the powerful steel brakes a blazing look. And on the version with the plus engine variant, the ceramic brake discs are fitted with calipers in an anthracite-colored finish.<\/p>\n

The interior welcomes driver and passenger with illuminated door sill trims. Their aluminum inlays bear the Audi Sport label complete with the red rhombus, and the model\u2019s exclusiveness is indicated by the inscription \u201c1\/200\u201d. The color palette of the interior harmonizes perfectly with the car\u2019s exterior. The door trims and sport seats are in fine Nappa leather, with a color combination of black and express red. The seat backrests are embossed with the R8 emblem \u2013 an exclusive design element for the special edition model. Contrasting stitching in dark silver accents the steering wheel, door trims and seats.<\/p>\n

The car\u2019s sporty character is underscored by decorative inlays in a gloss carbon finish. The inlays are used at places including the surrounding frame of the Audi virtual cockpit, on the air vents and on the center console. The flat-bottomed, leather-covered performance steering wheel in three-spoke design is standard on the special edition model. It is emblazoned with an R8 emblem, and the black leather-covered rim of the wheel has an express red stripe at the
\n12 o\u2019clock position, in keeping with the car\u2019s motorsport heritage. The marker is a visual aid to help drivers keep the steering wheel centered when challenging their driving skills.<\/p>\n

The famously powerful V10 mid-engine starts up by means of one satellite control button, and the driver uses a second button to adjust the settings of Audi drive select, the dynamic handling system. Two additional buttons and a rotary switch are used to control the exhaust flaps and the performance mode, which includes three more driving programs \u2013 dry, wet and snow. They adapt the handling even more precisely to the respective road conditions.<\/p>\n

The Audi Sport Edition of the R8 Coup\u00e9 will be built in a limited production run of 200 cars, and orders can be placed worldwide beginning in May 2017. In Germany prices of the model powered by the V10 variant with 397 kW (540 hp)<\/em> start at EUR 181,900. And prices of the car with the V10 plus variant, which delivers 449 kW (610 hp)<\/em> of power, start at EUR 205,800. Deliveries will begin in late summer of 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Silver, red and black are the colours of Audi Sport \u2013 and of the new special edition R8 Coup\u00e9 model bearing its name. Along with specific components in the cockpit and body, the colours heighten the car\u2019s motorsport feeling. Audi is unveiling the exclusive, high-performance sports car for the first time, at the New York …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":17155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[351,5],"tags":[972,10154,9362,10155,1031],"class_list":["post-17144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-audi","category-news","tag-audi-r8","tag-audi-r8-coupe","tag-audi-sport","tag-audi-sport-r8-coupe","tag-r8"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17144"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17157,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17144\/revisions\/17157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastmotoring.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}