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Old Jan 17, 2007 | 11:04 PM
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Some time after the wed. night meet. a hand full of us decided to go cruising on some twisty turns. on our way back one of our crew's cars had an exhaust problem so we pulled over to help him repair it. as we are working on the car, an unusual vehicle drove by followed closely by an SUV. judging from the distinctive tail lights we all at once shouted Audi Le Mans! yes. somewhere in the tampa bay area there is a test mule for the new 911 beater!

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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 04:07 AM
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just go sit outside the warehouse....you'll get to see several of them coming and going, I'm sure. Audi/VW has used the same warehouse since the late 80's.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 06:28 AM
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yea, the Audi/VW test center is off of Sligh Ave.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 06:37 AM
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The Audi R8 has already been released to the public, and they are probably just doing last minute work.
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 08:20 AM
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yeah I saw the same car on 275 south getting off at the sligh ave exit last sunday morning at 6am
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:03 AM
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just looked it up online, looks really nice, what is the price suppose to be? did the one you see look like the concept?
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 11:51 AM
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someone post pics i don't feel like going to look for it
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Old Jan 18, 2007 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by The Spectacle
someone post pics i don't feel like going to look for it
www.audiusa.com although the site wasnt working a minute ago...they have pics of the R8

and yeah ive spotted it already aswell... along with countless new TT and TT 'Verts. Now keep an eye out for the A5 Coupe
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Old Jan 19, 2007 | 08:48 AM
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The Audi R8 is going to run at about 100k. Its basiclly a lambo with less cylinders. It has the same engine as the RS4 with a few extra things and its a mid engine. The car is pretty nice and damn would I love one. But for a 100k I would buy the RS4 and mod it.
This is the RS4

This is the R8


Yea it is the 911 killer. Audi wants to make another one thats smaller. They were going to make a R6 but they scrapped that for now and are going with a R4. Its suposed to be faster then a Cayman but not as fast as a 911.
With Porsche owning most of the shares of VW/Audi it might not happen. Porsche isint happy with other cars with in the company starting to out run them.
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They are all 911 killers - I guess it's good to aspire to something. now lets see if they have staying power -
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