460bhp V8-powered Audi A5 DTM Revealed in Frankfurt.

Round II.

The W201 190E 2.5-16 Evolution II was Mercedes’ brutish answer to the BMW M3 Sport Evo. A precursor to the AMG set we know and love today, this second generation 190E packed a 2.5-liter 16v inline-four under the bonnet good for 224bhp, 181 ft-lbs of torque, and an electronically-limited 155mph top speed.

That wing? Designed by Prof. Richard Eppler from the University of Stuttgart (the entire kit, in fact) helped lower the drag coefficient to a slippery 0.29. That fact caused quite a stir in Munich, enough for one BMW executive to suggest; “if that rear wing works, we’ll have to redesign our wind tunnel.” Those close to BMW at the time, claim they did.

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Audi R8 5.2 V10 DTM Safety Car.

For Eeeflopc.

Flammenwerfer.

For Getatthekid.