To rejoice the primary era Audi R8 GT which was launched again in 2012, Audi of America introduced the all new R8 GT. Geared up with naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 engine, with 602 horsepower, it’s presently essentially the most highly effective rear-wheel drive sequence manufacturing mannequin in Audi’s historical past.
Solely developed for the R8 GT, it has a brand new Torque Rear drive mode for a extra exact and managed oversteering when going around the monitor. The R8 GT showcases the graceful switch of know-how from motorsports to sequence manufacturing. Restricted to solely 333 items worldwide, with solely 150 items of the R8 GT out there for the USA market.
In comparison with the R8, no different Audi is extra linked to motorsports. The R8 V10 engine is sort of similar to the R8 LMS racecar engine which was developed alongside it. The one distinction was that the racecar engine was given regulation particular changes. In comparison with the RWD mannequin which had 562 horsepower, the R8 GT mannequin’s engine was upgraded by Audi Sport GmbH engineers to have 602 horsepower, which now matches the R8 efficiency quattro mannequin.
With a very distinctive engine soundtrack, the excessive revving 5.2-liter 10-cylinder engine produces 413 lb-ft of torque and has a most engine pace of as much as 8,700 rpm. This offers the brand new R8 GT the power to speed up from 0 to 60 mph in simply 3.3 seconds and has a high monitor pace of as much as 199 mph.
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