2012 Audi R8 GT

The fans still seem to believe what they want in a sports car is a race car detuned. They want to be like those guys on TV: knocking around, scraping the pavement, his arms scraped every hump. It's guys who have never really spent time in a race car to be beaten, cooked, and otherwise mistreated while driving. The truth is, real competition cars are built with comfort for the driver near the bottom of the priority list. What daily drivers really want is a car with all the flash and excitement of raw throbbing around the Circuit de la Sarthe, but with all the comforts they expect from their family transportation. Audi has been a pretty good track of that desire and built a R8 scratch that itch.

The R8 GT is not very different from a run-of-the-mill R8 5.2 in a mechanical sense. The engine delivers a power a little more - 35 more to be exact - for a total of 560 horsepower from a smoother exhaust and remap engine optimization. Audi has shaved about 220 pounds of aluminum wonder. A good breeze, polycarbonate glass in the rear, a carbon fiber hood, and a piece of FRP swaps seats were all that easy. Replacing standard magneto-shocks with adjustable height coilovers tour subtract more weight and allows owners to balance the weight of cars at peak operation. Apart from that, the magic comes in the strapping head in one piece with Schroth four-point anchoring belts 3 inches, as the man on television. Unfortunately, the regulations do not allow the use of audio loops Schroth cam, and therefore more easy to use buttons on the DOT.

GT is not hard to get in and out, but there is a procedure. The seats are deep enough, but not as deep or as narrow as the actual race versions. To enter, put your right foot on the right side of the ground on the opposite side of the steering wheel. As you squat in the car, brace your left hand on the door. With your right hand on the wheel falls gracefully into the seat. Did I mention that before all this, you need to drape the harness of his seat so as not to end up sitting on them? Now that you are, you probably need your hiking pants down so that the process of the conference gave you a Wedgie. Race Cars go full atomic seats and deep Flus Nomex material, but Audi was wearing leather for GT. Now start Adjust the lap belt and tighten it to sit so low on the hips as possible. Now attach the shoulder belt. There is no webbing between your legs, so if you over tighten the shoulder straps, you simply pull up lapbelt.