Audi's first true sports car: Grrrr8!

At long last Audi announces the R8 - a two-seater that brings the brand's Le Mans-winning capabilities to the street.

Great curves
The R8 shows off its "menacing scowl."
Great curves
Et voilà! The R8 shares some developmental DNA with the Lamborghini Gallardo and with Audi's Le Mans - winning racecar, also called the R8 (gene pools no one should argue with). Though relatively diminutive, this R8 has an aggressive road stance that wows on sight. With a menacing scowl on its chiseled face, dagger-throwing LED-accented headlamps, holy-hell air intakes and a back end prominent enough to make J.Lo envious, the R8 has unique road presence.

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