# NEWS: Audi R8 Sports Car Green-Lighted for Production

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [November 23, 2005, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/news-audi-r8-sports-car-green-lighted-for-production/4928 "2005-11-23T13:09:05Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 5:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/news-audi-r8-sports-car-green-lighted-for-production/4928/16 "2007-01-26T05:15:23Z")

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> [@MPD47](#):
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> It’d be hot if they used a different engine choice (preferably with two angry snails), and the damn white stripe just kills the design for me. Give me one in all black and make it NOT overpriced and ill be interested. Oh yeah, this is supposed to be called the R9, the R8 is their LMP car.

You can get the stripe in body color as well as cf and the brushed aluminum. It is getting good reviews so far and apparently on a track it is a blast to throw around.

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