Audi R8, Bentley Azure: Dream cars for 2007

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Audi R8, Bentley Azure: Dream cars for 2007

Forbes made a list of their dream cars for 2007. Here they are! Great list.

f you think autos are all about heavy steel, torque and horsepower, you're in for a treat.

That's because this year, carmakers will roll out models boasting incredible levels of nuance and design.

Take Audi's new 420-horsepower R8 supercar, which will go on sale this summer for $120,000 to $130,000. Headlight design is pretty straightforward stuff, but the carmaker's designers and engineers have used LED technology to build internal headlight reflectors that, they say, resemble miniature Sydney Opera Houses. LEDs are smaller than conventional lamps, so they free up extra space and give carmakers room to be more creative.

In fact, ridiculously sophisticated pieces of technology will appear on many of the cars coming to market this year.