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The R8 4.2 utilizes a number of safety systems to avoid emergency situations. Some are active and some are passive, but all work toward one goal: Your safety.
The R8 features standard full-size dual-threshold airbags as well as seat-mounted head and chest thorax side airbags and knee airbags for both driver and front passenger.
The R8 line requires the very latest and most sophisticated version of
To compensate for the different wheel velocities between the front and rear suspensions, quattro® permanent all-wheel drive has an additional center differential between the front and rear suspensions.
Torque is what causes rotational speed to change. Just as greater net forces cause greater linear accelerations, greater torques cause greater rotational or angular accelerations.
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The Electronic Stabilization Program (ESP) helps make the vehicle easier to control in handling situations close to the limit.
Electronic Brake-force Distribution (EBD) and the Anti-lock Braking System (ABS) constitute one unit inasmuch as they share a number of the same parts.
The electronic differential lock (EDL) permits smooth, comfortable starts on road surfaces that do not have a uniform coefficient of friction.