02 September 2009 - 12:00
R8 V10: could do better
The Audi R8 V10 was one of the true heroes of our Big Top Gear Performance Test. (If you don't know what we're talking about, where the hell have you been for the last fortnight?)
A potent blend of power, pace and absolute control, there's not much we'd change about Audi's ultimate supercar.
But what do we know? German tuning house Abt - already responsible for this Golf, Tiguan, Scirocco and, most worryingly, this terrifying Q5 - has decided that what the R8 V10 really needs is an extra 82bhp and a big dirty bodykit.
That means a nice round power output of 600bhp and the visual impression of a rhino in full ninja garb. Abt hasn't released performance figures for its hardened R8, but does state that it is ‘very, very fast' - a claim with which we shall not argue.
However, in the same statement, company boss Christian Abt also says the R8 is ‘not just intended to exist on paper, but also be available on the road', which we'd always assumed was a minimum requirement for anyone in the car building industry.
That's not even the best bit of the press release. Oh no. We're loving Abt's description of the R8 as a ‘medium-engined super sports car'. Yes, we know what they meant, but we think this could be start of an interesting new taxonomy.
Foremost-engined Corvette ZR1 or foster-engined Porsche 911, anyone? Yeah, work that one out...
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Nicest tuningjob Ive ever seen on one of the nicest cars Ive ever seen.
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Foremost= front Foster= Rear ?:P
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Cant wait!
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Looks a bit like it's escaped from a Need For Speed game.
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well it's lucky is not near me with that high gloss outfit....i'd have my prints all over it like a German ;) .....disturbing but moving on, do i see that they have removed those annoying led look at me, glitter girl things from the headlights?
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Ninja Rhinos? Sounds like a damn fine idea to me........
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Well Done ABT This is Good, Nice looking not to much more power and gone are the stupid LED's
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An ugly bodykit and a pointless power increase. And I swear those are Abt's only wheels?
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Tbh, I find the R8 really ugly with it's sideburns but this looks great
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I like it, looks smashing and very different from its competiters
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Nope, not good... I think they overdid the carbon-fiber side vents, and and front grille, and the wheels, and... everything!
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it's like that lipton tea comercial; the best stuff in the world just got better
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I have got to have one! Where do I sell my children?
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awesome ! I have die hard model of it ! with the same apaintjob and stuff
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awesome ! I have die hard model of it ! with the same apaintjob and stuff
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At least it gets rid of the stupid sideblades, never liked them!
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UM, UM... UH......... Can u say speachless
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^ Um, no. That wouldn't be very speechless, would it?
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600 bhp is a lot for a car like the R8.
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The R8 looks like one awesome supercar. I'd probably go with the V10 version.
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zonda-f commented on this article
02 September 2009
it look`s cool
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