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Le Mans update The Audi Le Mans quattro (Cover Story, Feb. 16) is still officially a concept, but if it is made, the production version should have V8 power instead of the concept's 610-hp 5.0-liter V10. The 4.2-liter V8 would also get a version of Audi's direct injection, which the company calls Fuel Stratified Injection.

While the Le Mans quattro shares many components with the V10-powered Lamborghini Gallardo, it would not share the Gallardo's price; word is the Audi would be positioned somewhere well below the Gallardo. The first FSI Audi engine to arrive on our shores will ...

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