From AutoWeek:
It looks like a Lamborghini Gallardo, but beneath the wedgy bodywork caught testing at the Nürburgring is Audi’s road-going supercar, called Le Mans in honor of the company’s string of wins there. Codenamed AU714, the new two-seater will arrive in Germany late in 2006, prior to going on sale in North America at prices expected to compete with the Porsche 911. The Le Mans is based on the Gallardo. The two cars will share an aluminum space frame, steel floorpan, lightweight wiring loom, brake system and intricate double-wishbone suspension.
Audi’s Le Mans supercar test mule, based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and patterned after the Le Mans concept that claimed AutoWeek’s Best Concept award at the ’03 Frankfurt show.
However, Audi sources say new engines and a high-tech electromagnetic damping system will provide the Le Mans with a vastly different character than has the Gallardo. Audi’s harmoniously styled aluminum bodyshell will look similar to that seen on the well-received Le Mans concept shown at last year’s Frankfurt motor show.
It looks like a Lamborghini Gallardo, but beneath the wedgy bodywork caught testing at the Nürburgring is Audi’s road-going supercar, called Le Mans in honor of the company’s string of wins there. Codenamed AU714, the new two-seater will arrive in Germany late in 2006, prior to going on sale in North America at prices expected to compete with the Porsche 911. The Le Mans is based on the Gallardo. The two cars will share an aluminum space frame, steel floorpan, lightweight wiring loom, brake system and intricate double-wishbone suspension.
Audi’s Le Mans supercar test mule, based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and patterned after the Le Mans concept that claimed AutoWeek’s Best Concept award at the ’03 Frankfurt show.
However, Audi sources say new engines and a high-tech electromagnetic damping system will provide the Le Mans with a vastly different character than has the Gallardo. Audi’s harmoniously styled aluminum bodyshell will look similar to that seen on the well-received Le Mans concept shown at last year’s Frankfurt motor show.
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