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While we have already keyed readers in on the upcoming Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85—a road-going version of the Spyker GT2 Le Mans car complete with an Audi-sourced, 4.2-liter, 400 horsepower V-8—we were unable to show much of the massively orange car, until now.

In advance of the car’s pending debut at the L.A. Auto Show, Spyker has released a slew of new detail shots of the racer; all in its blindingly orange glory. Have a closer look at the Dutch super treat in our gallery above. Or, feel free to brush up on the details of the car (it comes with a watch!) in the full press release below.
  

Spyker Cars N.V., manufacturer of exclusive premium sports cars, proudly presents the Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 – the road version of its GT2 LeMans car. The Spyker C8 Laviolette LM85 will be built as a limited edition of 24 units maximum, and will be available in both left and right hand drive. Production of the LM85 commences this quarter.

The LM85 is an advanced mid-engine, two-seat ...

Introduced to the world this past August, it seems that Audi and racing team ABT Sportsline are spending some time at the Nürburgring with this, supremely wild R8 GT3.

The hugely winged and kitted R8 is said to have been fitted to the requirements of a GT3 race car, meaning that all of its 500 horsepower is directed to the rear wheels only—as four-wheel drive isn’t permitted in the formula. That prodigious shove from the V-10 engine is handled through a six-speed sequential gearbox. We’ve heard rumors that the racy R8 was clearing the ‘Ring in laps of around eight minutes, forty seconds, which isn’t bad considering the recently rainy driving conditions.

Have a closer look at the super R8 GT3 in our gallery above, or scroll down below to read a few words penned by the spy shooter himself.

Audi has been at the Nürburgring with their race partners ABT testing the R8 GT3 racecar this week. First introduced in August this year, this R8 will be a racecar for the GT3 class and therefore ...