R8 Mattias Ekström Drives Audi R8


The Audi R8 is a mid-engine, 2-seater sports car, which uses Audi's trademark quattro permanent all-wheel drive system. It was introduced by the German car manufacturer Audi AG in 2006. Production ended in the first quarter of 2024. Production: June 2006 – March 2024 (45,949 Units), Model years: 2007–2024

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]• DTM Champion adds to his car pool[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]• Sportscar in colours of DTM championship winning car[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]• Car handed over at Audi Forum Neckarsulm[/FONT]

After Tom Kristensen, Mattias Ekström now drives the most sporting Audi day-to-day: For winning the DTM title the Swede treated himself to a blue-silver Audi R8, which adds to his personal car pool.

"It’s not just the colour scheme that reminds me of my Red Bull Audi A4 from the DTM,” explains the 29-year old. "The Audi R8 is a fascinating sportscar which is great fun to drive. After I was allowed to drive an R8 from Lake Constance to Sweden in the summer it was clear to me: Such a thing must be in my garage!”

The Audi factory driver collected his personal R8 the day after the DTM Championship party in the Audi Forum Neckarsulm. Jörg Felske, Head of Sales Germany at AUDI AG, insisted on handing over the powerful 420-hp sportscar personally to his well-known customer.

Mattias Ekström, who, like his DTM team mates, drives an Audi RS 4 as company car has one concern: "I hope that I don’t collect too many points for the championship in Flensburg with the R8…”
http://www.fourtitude.com/news/publish/Audi_News/article_3629.shtml
 
Mark Webber also rates the R8 as well. when asked what is the best road car he has ever driven, he said the Audi R8, and he has driven a Porsche CGT before.
 

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Audi AG is a German automotive manufacturer of luxury vehicles headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. A subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, the company’s origins date back to the early 20th century and the initial enterprises (Horch and the Audiwerke) founded by engineer August Horch (1868–1951). Two other manufacturers (DKW and Wanderer) also contributed to the foundation of Auto Union in 1932. The modern Audi era began in the 1960s, when Volkswagen acquired Auto Union from Daimler-Benz, and merged it with NSU Motorenwerke in 1969.
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