Audi R8 (codenamed: Blackbird)

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Aug 13, 2008 | 12:45 PM

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Audi R8 (codenamed: Blackbird)

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Alex Roy, currently locked in an M5 with our own Damon Lavric, recently got a video tour of a rather nifty Audi R8 owned by someone who insists he remain nameless. Codenamed Blackbird, the coupe is stuffed with enough gadgets to be a testbed for NASA's shuttle replacement, but don't for a second think the interior resembles a jungle of wires, screens and antennae: all the electronic gear is seamlessly integrated in a most impressive way. A sample of the wares in the blacked out supercar with the gunmetal gray blade include four GPS units, two radar detectors, police scanner, CB radio, kill switch for all rear lights, high-speed broadband Internet with Wi-Fi running on a tablet PC, power ports, takedown lights, a remote-controlled exhaust bypass valve, and -- get this -- a liquid-cooled infrasonic wave pulse generator. Apparently, you don't want to stand by that last item if you wish to have children. Follow the jump for the whole story in moving pictures.

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Aug 13, 2008 | 01:23 PM

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Um, why? Paranoia?

Aug 13, 2008 | 01:28 PM

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Um, why? Paranoia?

Alex Roy and his friends are record-breaking cross-country drivers...

it's not paranoia per se, it's just so they have the least amount of interference from Johnny Law when they're speeding across America at 160mph...

Aug 13, 2008 | 01:45 PM

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all i can say is...........

(presses ceiling buttons
dee, dee, beep.)

KITT
Super Pursuit Mode now!

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Aug 13, 2008 | 02:13 PM

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Ah. Makes sense why he didn't want to be on camera.

Aug 13, 2008 | 03:06 PM

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infrasonic wave generator???

is that for deterring animals from staying on the road when this car is near by?

i think this car is made for something like the bull run

Aug 13, 2008 | 03:15 PM

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infrasonic wave generator???

is that for deterring animals from staying on the road when this car is near by?

i think this car is made for something like the bull run

I think a flux generator would be much easier to build