CAR Magazine reports:
It's a fair reflection of the burgeoning Audi range that the new Audi R8 V10 Spyder you see here is comfortably over £100k. This maximum R8 is the most expensive regular series production Audi ever, at £112,500, so it'd better be good. But the omens are good. We love the R8. Really, really love it. Who'd have thought that Audi – purveyor of slick but stodgy front-drive saloons better known for dashboard quality than dynamic nous – would turn out a supercar to bash the 911 right out of the box? Well they did.
The R8 is – believe it or not – three years old now and the surprise factor lingers on after that first US drive back in the March 2007 issue of CAR Magazine. But Ingolstadt has not stood still. The Italian-bequeathed V10 has slotted into the R8 coupé and now the Spyder, meaning the only way to enjoy the open-top Audi supercar experience is to have the bigger engine.
So the Audi R8 V10 Spyder is fast?
Naturally. Study the spec sheet and you'll be left in no doubt the convertible R8 is anything but a fully paid-up member of the supercar A-list. It won't quite hit 200mph, but 62mph passes by in a eye-trembling 4.1sec. And look at those engine figures: 518bhp at 8000rpm – just hear it – and 391lb ft at 6500rpm. It likes to rev, does this V10....
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