29/08/2008 04:37. Having won everything in sight with its hyper-successful Le Mans prototype racers, Audi Sport has announced that for the first time it will offer a racing sportscar specifically developed for customer use. This will take the form of the powerful 500hp GT3 version of the Audi R8 and the car will be available from autumn 2009 to go up against Porsche and Ferrari machinery (among others) in the GT3 class.

The logistics and factory space required for the AUDI AG customer program will be created over the next few months at its facilities in Ingolstadt, Neckarsulm and Gyr. "The R8 is the first production Audi to bear the name and genes of a successful racing sportscar and is therefore an excellent base from which to build our first big customer sport program," explained Head of Audi Motorsport... // Eurotuner