Audi Truth in Engineering
Audi Truth in Engineering
Audi Truth in Engineering
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Provocation | 2<br />
What happens when everyone<br />
is expected to carry the load.<br />
R8 5.2 FSI®<br />
V10 Coupe<br />
463 lb frame<br />
324.8 ft of weld<strong>in</strong>g seams<br />
782 punch rivets<br />
308 screws<br />
® ASF In traditional luxury, the typical reaction is “more.” More is better, right? Not always. <strong>Audi</strong> built an<br />
entire Lightweight Design Center <strong>in</strong> Neckarsulm, Germany, where eng<strong>in</strong>eers worked together to<br />
create a radically different idea—that true luxury can be found <strong>in</strong> less. The group effort first paid off<br />
with our legendary ASF lightweight alum<strong>in</strong>um space frame technology. By plac<strong>in</strong>g the right material<br />
where it is most needed, we shed the sluggish excess of old luxury, and made our lightweight ASF<br />
technology part of a better perform<strong>in</strong>g, more efficient and entirely different luxury brand. 1<br />
113 weld studs<br />
45-m<strong>in</strong>ute production cycle<br />
1 See www.fueleconomy.gov for EPA estimates. Your mileage will vary.<br />
Provocation<br />
On the right | He<strong>in</strong>rich Timm, father of the current lightweight construction concept.
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