FOUR Times the Fun (part 1 of 2); Le Mans quattro is like a German Gallardo, but don't tell Audi that.
AutoWeek, February, 2004
Byline: MARK VAUGHN should Audi build this car? Show of hands? Yes, you there in the front row, chairman of the board of Audi AG, Martin Winterkorn, we see you waving, sir. Yes sir, calm down, sir. Yes, we know, we know. When the chairman of the board is practically in a straitjacket with enthusiasm over your project car, that could be seen as a positive sign.
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And the chairman does love this car. It was Winterkorn who drove the Audi Le Mans quattro into its big press debut the night before the Frankfurt motor show last year. And it was he who drove it three days before that, ...
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