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Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18

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Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18 09214DTM Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Audi R8 Safety Car reproduces the road-going Audi R8 in its official support role at the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans. A distinctive livery variant for a display built around Audi's long Le Mans association.
Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Audi
Model Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
09214DTM
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About the Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Audi R8 Safety Car reproduces the road-going Audi R8 supercar in its official support role at the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans. A distinctive livery variant for collectors building a display around Audi's long-standing Le Mans association.

Audi's connection to Le Mans runs far deeper than its prototype racing programme, extending to support roles like this safety car duty pulled by the road-going R8.

The R8 in a Supporting Role at Le Mans

While Audi's R8 prototype racers were busy winning outright at Le Mans through the 2000s, the marque's road car R8 supercar took on a very different job at the same event, serving official safety car duties to keep the race running smoothly during incidents on track. It is a distinctive footnote in the R8's history, connecting the road car directly to Le Mans without the car ever actually competing there, a genuinely different angle from the usual race-liveried tribute.

Safety Car Livery in Diecast Form

Kyosho's build renders the R8's low, wide supercar body with the same fine surfacing found across its road-car range, and the safety car's distinctive markings and light bar detailing set it apart clearly from a standard road R8. That livery specificity makes this a genuine curiosity piece rather than a repeat of an already common subject. Displayed alongside Audi's Le Mans-winning prototypes, this safety car example rounds out the story with the event's support fleet, an angle few other manufacturers' Le Mans displays can offer.

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