Audi Le Mans Quattro
After dominating the Le Mans for 3 consecutive years (2000 - 2002) with their R8 race car, Audi has developed a concept car for the masses. The Audi Le Mans Quattro has supercar characteristics, with a twin turbocharged 5.0L V10 engine that outputs 610 bhp. The maximum torque of 553 lb-ft is available between 1750 to 5800 rpm!!! That's about 1000 rpm beyond the idle rpm level, meaning from a stand still, a slight tap on the throttle will turn the wheels with more torque than most cars have at any rpm.
Fortunately, to keep the car with so much low-end torque under control, the Le Mans Quattro comes with a special version of Audi's Quattro 4-wheel drive system. The transmission uses a 6-speed sequential box. And the brake system uses large ceramic disks to maximize stopping power.
The dash has a display that can show 3 different sets of data. It can show the tachometer and speedometer, it can show a track map or other GPS info, or it can show various engine data, like oil pressure and water temperature. Now that's pretty neat and hardcore. I imagine it must be like playing a ralley video game when using the track map GPS mode. Except the costs of a crash are much much higher.
The only downside to this car is that the maximum speed is limited to 155 mph. That's very un-supercar like in my opinion. I sure hope Audi does make this concept car a reality, and I hope they eliminate the speed limiter.
performance:
0-100 km/h (0-62 mph): 3.7 seconds
0-200 km/h (0-124 mph): 10.8 seconds
top speed (theoretical): 345 km/h (214 mph)
top speed (limited): 250 km/h (155 mph)
For more information refer to Audi's website.
Published on February 15, 2005
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