Don't look if you are sensitive!

[ATI_7500]

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http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Audi R8 Nr. 2.jpg

That's the ugliest Audi I've ever seen.

[Chris_F]

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Audi R8.jpg


http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/Audi R8 Nr. 2.jpg

That's the ugliest Audi I've ever seen.

That's pretty ugly, but ugliest?  I'd give that vote to the original Audi TT.  When it came out it could have been named the VW Beetle Sport.

[Woodlouse2002]

I suspect the reason Bugatti hasn't been mentioned is because it's in a class of it's own with the Veyron.

Because aside from it costing what? nearly twice as much as an enzo, that thing aint really a car, its just well, its not right
The same can be said for the new koeniggseggggeeegg

[Arnimon]

That's the ugliest Audi I've ever seen.

Was this the 1st time you saw the R8?
Me likes!
And not only of the fact that it

[ATI_7500]

Was this the 1st time you saw the R8?

Nope.

Me likes!

Bayuwar (oder so...)?
(Bavarian?)

And who won last years 24h du Le Mans?

The R8. But the racing one loooked wa-ha-haaay better than the one for sale.

[Chris_F]

And who won last years 24h du Le Mans?

I don't know if that's particularly telling.  The outright LeMans win hasn't been seriously contested by any other major manufacturers for years.  Pescarolo is just about the biggest Audi threat and they're miniscule by comparison.  If Audi really wants to test their engineering mettle then they'd best do it in F1 or NASCAR.  That's where the big automakers are devoting their efforts.  The best LeMans competition today (and perhaps the most important to those of us who buy street cars) is in GT2, the slowest class.  There Porsche, Ferrari, Panoz, etc are hammering it out.  P1?  Audi has that class all to themselves...

[DizZa]

I suspect the reason Bugatti hasn't been mentioned is because it's in a class of it's own with the Veyron.

Because aside from it costing what? nearly twice as much as an enzo, that thing aint really a car, its just well, its not right
The same can be said for the new koeniggseggggeeegg

[expat]

I suspect the reason Bugatti hasn't been mentioned is because it's in a class of it's own with the Veyron.

Because aside from it costing what? nearly twice as much as an enzo, that thing aint really a car, its just well, its not right
The same can be said for the new koeniggseggggeeegg  minus the top gear wing which is actually faster than the veyron. I think you need to be certifiably insane to even think of driving those two cars.

True, but the Veyron weighs two tons (US)!!

Wouldn't that corner like crap?

No, the Veron was built for one reason and one reason only. To prove that it could be done and once you can prove it, there are people who will buy regardless of how much it costs.

As for the Top Gear wing, Koenigseg put that on because the car fightend the Stig sh#t less going around corners ( I say that figuratively, we all know the Stig goes by proxy)

Matt

[DizZa]

That's the ugliest Audi I've ever seen.

Was this the 1st time you saw the R8?
Me likes!
And not only of the fact that it

[Craig.]

I suspect the reason Bugatti hasn't been mentioned is because it's in a class of it's own with the Veyron.

Because aside from it costing what? nearly twice as much as an enzo, that thing aint really a car, its just well, its not right
The same can be said for the new koeniggseggggeeegg

[ATI_7500]

If Audi really wants to test their engineering mettle then they'd best do it in F1 or NASCAR.  That's where the big automakers are devoting their efforts.

F1 = Huge marketing moloch.
NASCAR = Redneck racing.

No class for Audi, I guess.

And as you could see with Toyota, a new team has, no matter how well its budget may be, a hard start in a series like F1, in which know-how and experience is very important.

[expat]

I suspect the reason Bugatti hasn't been mentioned is because it's in a class of it's own with the Veyron.

Because aside from it costing what? nearly twice as much as an enzo, that thing aint really a car, its just well, its not right
The same can be said for the new koeniggseggggeeegg  minus the top gear wing which is actually faster than the veyron. I think you need to be certifiably insane to even think of driving those two cars.

True, but the Veyron weighs two tons (US)!!

Wouldn't that corner like crap?

Probably why they wont let it go round top gears track.
But as Ex-pat said, they built it to show it could be done. Its all about pure speed with the Veyron.
The thing I dont like is the constant harping on about it being faster than an F1 car, as though an F1 car could never be as fast. As Adrian Newey and Pat simmons said a while back, if they really wanted to, they could make an F1 car that goes round a corner at 250mph given the time and resources. The only downside being the driver.

BAR Honda reckon that they can get 426kph out of one of thier cars. While being slightly modified (Honda's words) for the event, is still a track legal BAR Honda 007

[Craig.]

To be fair the bonneville BAR didn't really have a rear wing, and the front one was flatter than those used at monza

[Chris_F]

[quote][quote]If Audi really wants to test their engineering mettle then they'd best do it in F1 or NASCAR.

[Woodlouse2002]

I suspect the reason Bugatti hasn't been mentioned is because it's in a class of it's own with the Veyron.

Because aside from it costing what? nearly twice as much as an enzo, that thing aint really a car, its just well, its not right
The same can be said for the new koeniggseggggeeegg