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ABT Audi R8
The Abt R8: Sports car in perfection
There are cars and dream cars. The latter includes Lamborghini's Gallardo,
Ferrari's F430 or Porsche's 911 Turbo. These cars make your heart beat
faster and show the perfected magic of speed on the roads. Abt
Sportsline's R8 will also be among these outstanding super sports cars and
is getting ready to overtake them in the prestige duel.

The design studies already show the first impressions of Abt's sportiest
creation - and prove that the Kempten-based tuner manages to perfect an
excellent serial model like the R8 to detail and accentuate its racing
genes already in the drawing. The front of the Bavarian R8 shows the
marked Abt face. Together with the unique and beautiful rear with its four
inclined arranged exhaust end pipes, the rear diffuser and the extravagant
rear wing, the front of the Abt R8 is part of an overall concept that
brings about phenomenal roadholding. The add-on parts of the super sports
cars from the Allgäu-region improve downforce and ensure perfect balance
of the front and rear axis. This is especially notable in speed ranges
reserved for only a few cars. The sideblades which were developed
especially for the Abt R8 and the Abt side skirts give the Abt R8 a new
and individual design besides aerodynamical advantages. The
aerodynamically efficient Abt body kit, which also includes carbon-fibre
parts, is a real eye catcher but also shows the state-of-the-art Bavarian
precision work. With the ingenious construction, which also includes a
carbon-fibre bonnet, not only a maximum reduction in weight is achieved
but it also ensures optimized weight distribution of the Abt R8 - the pure
presence of the model athlete already shows this.

Technology and design milestones do not only come from Maranello or
Sant'Agata-Bolognese but also from Kempten. The Abt R8 will be a gorgeous
dream car with the genes of a top-class race car. This special automobile
will belong to one of the fastest among the fastest; the Abt R8 will also
challenge the Lamborghinis and Porsches. With regards to the anticipated
performance data the Bavarians are traditionally discreet. But this data
already amazes sports car fans and makes them want to spur the hot-blooded
Bavarian horses. 530 HP (390 kW) are to be drawn from the 4.2 litre-V8
thanks to the Abt supercharger. Compared with the serial model which
already shows impressive performance data this means an increase of 110 HP
(81 kW). The brand new Abt 20-inch BR wheels stylishly transfer this power
onto the asphalt. The all-wheel-drive dream car accelerates from 0 to 100
km/h in just 3.9 seconds and reaches a top speed of 317 km/h. These values
are synonymous with magic and this extraordinary super sports car
desperately wants to be driven. By means of the Abt suspension which is
adjustable in height, pressure and rebound, the performance and driving
comfort of the super sports car can be adapted perfectly to the
requirements of its driver.

A dream car is becoming reality: In autumn the top-class sports cars will
have a new challenger as this is when the almost unrivalled fast and
uniquely beautiful Abt R8 becomes available.

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