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Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18

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Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18 09214DTM Diecast
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Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Audi R8 Safety Car reproduces the road-going R8 in its 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans safety-car livery. A crossover subject linking Audi's supercar and endurance racing worlds on a single shelf.
Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18
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Brand
Audi
Manufacturer
Kyosho
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
09214DTM
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About the Audi R8 Safety Car 24 Hours of Le Mans 2008 Kyosho 1:18

TL;DR: Kyosho's 1:18 diecast Audi R8 Safety Car reproduces the road-going supercar dressed in safety-car livery for the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans. It sits at an unusual intersection between Audi's road-car and Le Mans-winning motorsport identities.

A safety car rarely gets remembered the way a race winner does, yet its livery tells its own specific story about the event it served.

A Road Car Dressed for Race Duty

The R8's low, wide stance and signature side blades are cast with the sharp, defined edges the supercar's aggressive styling demands, and Kyosho's diecast keeps that road-car identity clearly intact even under a safety-car livery rather than a race-team paint scheme. High-visibility markings and event branding sit crisp against the R8's factory body lines, a livery built for recognition on a circuit rather than for track competition itself. Diecast weight gives the compact supercar shape genuine density in hand, matching the build quality Kyosho applies across its Audi road-car range.

A Supercar on Duty at Motorsport's Biggest Endurance Race

Manufacturers have long used road-going performance cars as safety cars at major endurance events, and the R8's presence at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2008 reflected Audi's deep motorsport investment in that race during an era when its prototypes were winning outright. Using a road car for safety duty at the same event Audi's factory prototypes were competing in creates a neat link between the brand's showroom and racing identities. For a collector interested in that crossover, this R8 sits as an unusual but genuine piece of Le Mans history.

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