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If you needed standard that the world will come to an end in 2012, just know that this will be the year that someone indeed builds a stretch limo variant of the Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro .
Commissioned by Limo Intermediary and currently in production by Carbonyte UK, the formerly two-seater Audi R8 will be stretched to furnish six more sport bucket seats, bringing the total passenger count to eight. When it is completed, the high-mindedness-hand-drive vehicle will see service in Limo Broker's agile, which also includes a stretch Ferrari 360 Modena , in the U.K. sometime later this year.
The R8 V10, as it's more commonly known, will remember the 5.2-liter FSI V-10 engine indicated in its namesake. The locomotive's amidships configuration will also be retained, although I'd posit that the definition of "mid-engined" is stretched significantly when you're talking about a agency that's been, well, stretched significantly. No word has been given as to whether this prom night strange will retain its Quattro all-wheel-drive system or if it'll be converted to rear-swivel drive when it goes under the knife.
Source: CNET (blog)