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Audi Sport loves to campaign the R8 across all things motorsport, judging by the wide usage of the R8 LMS in various fields. As such, we’ve seen R8s going for safety car duties in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) or try to outperform their GT2, GT3, and GT4 rivals.
Now, in honor of the initial major victories of the R8 LMS GT2 at Monza, in Italy, Audi gives fans the chance to shell out a bucketload of cash. Naturally, they’re not spending for nothing those €349,000 (plus VAT), which is around $422k at the current exchange rate. In exchange of the trunkload of greenbacks, there’s a neat Color Edition of the R8 LMS GT2.
It has been exclusively prepared by the Audi Sport customer racing department as a very small collectible series consisting of just six race cars. Each of them will be unique thanks to the use of six individual colors to help the most powerful model of the R8 LMS become a veritable collector’s item.
It is the first time in the 13-year history of Audi Sport’s customer racing division that such a limited edition is offered to fans of the R8 LMS. Even though it sports a unique color livery, that doesn’t mean owners shouldn’t indulge in the same track fun as drivers of the regular R8 LMS GT2, hence the 640-PS (630-hp) power rating.
It’s the same naturally aspirated V10 used by standard R8 LMS GT2s just a few weeks ago when Audi triumphed in the European GT2 season debut races at Monza’s Royal Park on April 17th and 18th. As far as the Color Edition is concerned, the cars go through the same process of getting complete at the Neckarsulm site after the 5.2-liter engine arrives from Gyor, Hungary.
Only this time around, there’s one additional change to the final stage taking place in Heilbronn-Biberach, Germany, as the R8s not only get prepared according to GT2 standards but also get their bespoke splashes of paint applied to the CFRP body.
By the way, we really can’t make up our minds as to which one of the six colors is coolest, so let’s just take another look at the Kyalami (green), Misano (red), Nogaro (blue), Sebring (black), Tactical (green), and Vegas (yellow) shades displayed in the gallery above.
It has been exclusively prepared by the Audi Sport customer racing department as a very small collectible series consisting of just six race cars. Each of them will be unique thanks to the use of six individual colors to help the most powerful model of the R8 LMS become a veritable collector’s item.
It is the first time in the 13-year history of Audi Sport’s customer racing division that such a limited edition is offered to fans of the R8 LMS. Even though it sports a unique color livery, that doesn’t mean owners shouldn’t indulge in the same track fun as drivers of the regular R8 LMS GT2, hence the 640-PS (630-hp) power rating.
It’s the same naturally aspirated V10 used by standard R8 LMS GT2s just a few weeks ago when Audi triumphed in the European GT2 season debut races at Monza’s Royal Park on April 17th and 18th. As far as the Color Edition is concerned, the cars go through the same process of getting complete at the Neckarsulm site after the 5.2-liter engine arrives from Gyor, Hungary.
Only this time around, there’s one additional change to the final stage taking place in Heilbronn-Biberach, Germany, as the R8s not only get prepared according to GT2 standards but also get their bespoke splashes of paint applied to the CFRP body.
By the way, we really can’t make up our minds as to which one of the six colors is coolest, so let’s just take another look at the Kyalami (green), Misano (red), Nogaro (blue), Sebring (black), Tactical (green), and Vegas (yellow) shades displayed in the gallery above.
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