The Audi R8C is a car from Audi. Under the bonnet: gasoline engine. Peter Elleray drew it.
The story
The Audi R8C is a Le Mans Prototype racecar that was built by Audi and designed by Peter Elleray to compete in the 1999 24 Hours of Le Mans under the LMGTP category. It was developed alongside the open Audi R8R LMP category spyder, prior to being replaced by the all-new Audi R8 in 2000.
What is underneath
Power comes from gasoline engine. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
Its place in the line
Nearby in the Audi catalogue sit the Audi 200 and the Audi 225.
What it costs now
EPA combined economy is 17 mpg, about $5,150 a year in fuel at the EPA's assumptions. Condition, mileage and specification move any single car a long way from a headline figure.