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11 Feb 2003, 00:15 (Ref:502896) | #1 | |
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AUDI UK R8 Revealed
Interesting twist on the gulf color....lol
www.fastdetails.com Also, Olivier Baretta signed with JML Panoz along with Gunnar Jeannette...the former was certainly a surprise.... |
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11 Feb 2003, 00:46 (Ref:502909) | #2 | |
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You should have seen the original paintjob that was going to go on the UK R8, would have been *the* le mans paintjob
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11 Feb 2003, 01:32 (Ref:502921) | #3 | ||
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I think it looks very smart. But why is Salo in blue overalls?
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11 Feb 2003, 06:06 (Ref:502992) | #4 | ||
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Nice and elegant british painting ! And it will change with the old Joest one... want to see this in May !
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Looks good to me too............
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11 Feb 2003, 08:01 (Ref:503036) | #6 | ||
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Begrudgingly, I do have to admit it looks the business.
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11 Feb 2003, 09:00 (Ref:503077) | #7 | ||
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I see they have picked up the Infineon sponsorship from the Joest cars, or will this appear on all Audi R8's this year?
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11 Feb 2003, 09:18 (Ref:503094) | #8 | ||
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i like the gulf colours,
although they looked best on the GT40. |
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11 Feb 2003, 10:13 (Ref:503147) | #9 | |
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don't know why salo is in different overalls...maybe he's just not been fitted yet. i do remember patrick lemarie(? i think)drove the gulf audi in his british american racing overalls.
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11 Feb 2003, 10:18 (Ref:503151) | #10 | ||
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i think it looks great. I really don't know why some people think that the R8 is ugly.
You don't hear us younger people telling you older people that your cars were ugly (mainly because that would be sacrilege) But to be honest these modern cars are not ugly, they're just as beautiful in their own way. |
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11 Feb 2003, 13:10 (Ref:503322) | #13 | ||
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It's the finer details of that audi that make it so beautiful, i know it's not so clean as the Bentley (not including the monster they've just made [and i say that in a good way])
The shape of the nose, the headlamps, the whole fron end in fact, the aggressive wings, the minute details here and there, and of course, it's beautiful to watch and hear on track, effortless Last edited by pirenzo; 11 Feb 2003 at 13:12. |
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Yes, I can't disagree with any of that, but somehow, it just doesn't do anything for me, in the way that a McLaren F1 or a Toyota GT One or a Jag XJR did.
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11 Feb 2003, 17:51 (Ref:503558) | #15 | ||
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Only had quick look at the pics this morning, when I was half asleep, just had look at them again, it looks amazing and green strip is spot on..........
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11 Feb 2003, 18:45 (Ref:503604) | #16 | ||
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a german silver arrow with british racing green stripes? how appropriate.
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11 Feb 2003, 23:36 (Ref:503883) | #17 | ||
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that was the idea!
Thanks for the compliments by the way (I had a hand in it) |
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11 Feb 2003, 23:46 (Ref:503893) | #18 | ||
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Andy,
what other colour schemes did you consider? (btw the link to FastDetails from your homepage doesn't work) |
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12 Feb 2003, 00:48 (Ref:503938) | #19 | ||
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that was it really as the team knew what colours they wanted.
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