The Audi R8 Thread

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Opinion: the Audi R8 never got the credit it deserved

Why did this mid-engined V10 supercar never quite shine as brightly as it should have?

It’s happened. I’ve driven my last ever new Audi R8. The final, hardcore GT model arrived on a gloriously sunny day and left a week later with one of its carbon fibre canards crumpled and hanging on by a thread courtesy of a lovely old bloke who felt terrible about the whole thing. Sorry Audi. I feel terrible, too. About the old fella’s mishap and the fact that the R8 is a thing of the past. Even that dreaded phrase “will be reinvented as an EV” hasn’t been attached to the R8 for a while. It’s over.

I swoon literally every time I see an R8 coupe. Especially if it’s an early car with that gorgeous open gated shifter. Futuristic yet understated, beautifully built but exotic in all the ways that count (to me, at least) and with a poise, fluidity and lightness of touch that seems completely at odds with Audi’s usual dynamic character.

Yet the R8 isn’t as deeply desired as it should be. To some it’s a poor man’s Lambo despite being miles better than its Gallardo and latterly Huracán twins (admittedly the very latest Huracáns are superb, too). To others it’s, well, not a 911. Maybe it needed a real halo – a GT3 RS or STO variant – to remind people of the standard car’s brilliance. Audi flirted with the idea of a wild R8 over the years, but never had the conviction to unleash its full potential.

Why? Who knows. The R8 has been an unbelievably successful racecar in the GT3 category and has won the Nürburgring 24hr race no fewer than seven times. A road-going version of the brilliantly named R8 LMS ultra? Who could resist? “You have a GT3 RS? That’s cool. I just picked up my R8 LMS ultra Straßenversion N24 edition.”

 
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