2008 Audi R8 GT3

For the first time, Audi Sport will offer a racing sports car specifically developed for customer use in the form of a powerful 500 hp plus GT3 version of the Audi R8 which will be available from autumn 2009. Logistics and factory space required for the AUDI AG customer program will be made for a few months in Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm and Győr.

Audi R8 is the first production Audi to bring the name and genes of a sports car racing success and therefore an excellent base from which to build our first big customer sport program. Audi R8, which offer a racing sports car equipped with high-caliber technology and the typical Audi qualities, but are still easy to handle. Audi R8 in accordance with the production-based GT3 regulations allowing the car can be lowered in various national and international race series.

Because the GT3 regulations prohibit the use of four-wheel drive the Audi R8 is equipped with the typical GT rear-wheel drive. The power is transmitted through the newly developed six-speed sequential sports gearbox. Suspension almost exclusively uses components from the production line. A complete list of safety equipment guarantees the highest levels of passive safety. A modified front end and large rear-wing generate the required downforce for the race track.

The first test races in various European racing season is scheduled for 2009. Delivery to the customers is planned from the autumn of this coming.