The carbon fiber monocoque has become quite familiar over the years, with a sub-$100,000 production car due to use one in the very near future. But it was racing that led this development.

Audi R18 e-tron quattro is the name of the new Le Mans prototype that makes its race debut on May 5 in the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) and fights for overall victory at the famous ...

If you come, they will build it. Audi's Le Mans Quattro does more than celebrate the company's domination of the 24 Hours of Le Mans race between 2000 and 2002.

Audi R18 e-tron quattro is the name of the new Le Mans prototype that makes its race debut on May 5 in the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) and fights for overall victory at the famous ...

Audi has been racing cars for nearly a century — the automaker traces its competitive roots back to Auto Union in the 1930s. Today’s on-track efforts, such as those at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...

The latest R18 Le Mans prototype features, among other more considerable advancements, an AMOLED screen in the closed cockpit that’s hooked up to a video camera, housed in carbon fiber and ...

Audi Sport has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans at the La Sarthe circuit in Northern France in one of the closest races in many years, but were it not for the strength and safety of the R18 TDI sports ...

As the newest and least competitive car, the Valkyrie gets the biggest break, with a minimum weight of just 2,271 lbs (1,030 ...

A single day, one rotation of our planet, a pure measurement set in motion 4.5 billion years ago. Most of us take individual days for granted; the average person gets roughly 26,000. Some are more ...

If they manage to achieve that, then GM could end up with its own hat trick. Audi sports boss Dr. Wolfgang Ullrich has made much of his desire to retain the present Le Mans trophy, which was first ...

NASCAR Racer Looks Absurd, Goes Fast at Le Mans Panoz The GTR-1 Hybrid would run alongside the ICE GTR-1s, pairing batteries to an electric motor and that new 6.0-liter Roush V-8.

According to Audi, the Le Mans can go from 0 to 62 mph in just 3.7 seconds and on to 124 ... Under the Audi’s aluminum and carbon-fiber plastic is essentially the same aluminum space frame ...