The Audi R8 is already one of the best sports cars on the market but how about a rear-drive version? Well, Audi has confirmed this is about to become a reality although sadly it will only be available in a new GT3 racer.
The R8 GT3 gets 500bhp-plus and will go head-to-head with Porsche and Aston Martin. First customer deliveries are expected in the next few months and the car is expected to make its competition debut in early 2009.
'Ever since the R8 was unveiled we’ve been inundated with enquiries about a race version,’ said Dr Wolfgang Ullrich, head of Audi Motorsport. ‘The R8 is the first production Audi bearing the name and genes of a successful racing sports car and is therefore an excellent base from which to build up our first big customer sport programme.'