Am I the only one that thinks it's wrong to call an A6 a "Le Mans"

**Rusty** · 26 February 2010, 15:58

If it had the V10 TDI shoehorned up front then I think it would be perfect but a boggo 3.0 TDI - NO.

**s2driveruk** · 26 February 2010, 16:16

would agree totally...though it does have a reasonable spec

and if i could afford one it would be a serious contender for a family shunter

**dest** · 26 February 2010, 21:55

Its like the A4 DTM, a totally wasted opportunity!

**Keeper of The Kitten** · 26 February 2010, 22:08

Personally I don't even agree with R8 as a road car but this is the new marketing trick for the four rings, given their recent sporting achievements.

**shark_90** · 26 February 2010, 22:24

New marketing trick? The A6 Le Mans has been out for ages!

**Keeper of The Kitten** · 26 February 2010, 22:26

lol ok I meant newer than riding on the back of rally victories!

**Rusty** · 26 February 2010, 23:57

What, you mean the 'legendary quattro rally car of the Group B era'? Associated with everything from its namesake, the A2 to the car designed for quattro, the even more hideous Q7... oh, and the hairdresser RS which has an engine note tuned to sound like the 'legendary quattro rally car of the Group B era'... shame that Audi have wiped their hands of the owners of the 'legendary quattro', the road-going version of the 'legendary quattro rally car of the Group B era'...

The BS'o'meter is in the red zone!

**Keeper of The Kitten** · 27 February 2010, 01:14

I was about to say they don't have to worry about washing their hands of the owners of original R8s - being as they were never sold as road cars ...but then again, they've surely sold most of the original R8s now, and washed their hands of their owners as well...!!

**Dan** · 27 February 2010, 18:13

Remind me - what's the difference between this and an S-Line again?

**Key Walshe** · 28 February 2010, 01:05

Originally posted by Keeper of The Kitten

I was about to say they don't have to worry about washing their hands of the owners of original R8s - being as they were never sold as road cars ...

Aaaah the original Audi R8's, their first foray into endurance racing, culminating at Le Mans in 1999 with the Audi R8C, after their intitial attempt with the R8R had the be cancelled due to a change of rules.

Audi R8C 1999

Audi R8R 1998

Audi R8R & R8C

Which then became the Audi R8, in 2000, which went on to win the Le Mans 24hr that year, and all the way through to 2005 (bar 2003 when it's sister car, the Bentley Speed 8 took the win)

Which then morphed into the R10 TDi, and then into the current R15 TDi.

Or, do you mean the basic R8? :mischeif:

Am I the only one that thinks it's wrong to call an A6 a "Le Mans"

Am I the only one that thinks it's wrong to call an A6 a "Le Mans"

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