AUDI R8
The Audi R8 (Typ 42) is a sports car with a longitudinally mounted mid engin and uses Audi's trademark quattro permanent four-wheel drive system. It was introduced by the German auto maker in 2006.
The car was exclusively designed,developed, and manufactured AUDI AG's high performance private subsidiary company,quattro GmbH, and is similar to the Lamborghini Gallardo The fundamental construction of the R8 is based on the Audi Space Frame, and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built around space frame principles. The car is built by quattro GmbH in a newly renovated factory at Audi's 'aluminium site' in Germany.
To produce the R8 atquattro GmbH, seventy workers fit 5,000 unique parts by hand. The factory at Neckarsulm, redeveloped at a cost of 28 million, usually produces between eight and fifteen cars a day, up to a maximum daily output of 29 cars. Ninety-five laser inspect the entire car in five seconds to ensure that over 220 measurements are within 0.1 millimeters the programmed plans.
