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Need an R8 Spyder on your immaculately raked driveway but simply won't stretch to the £110,000 asking price for the V10 version?
Good news, you parsimonious convertible enthusiast! Audi has just announced that the Spyder will be made available with the quite excellent V8 engine from the R8 coupe.
We've always been big fans of the, ahem, base spec R8, and we suspect we'll be just as keen on the V8 convertible. At 415bhp, it's 103bhp down on the V10, but still plenty quick: with Quattro four-wheel drive as standard, the Spyder will hit 62mph in under five seconds and top out on the exciting side of 180mph.
It won't be cheap, exactly: although Audi has only announced Euro prices, we'd expect it to tip the wallet-o-meter somewhere between £90,000 and £100,000.
And you can still spec plenty of expensive goodies including the big Bang & Olufsen stereo, carbon brakes and the R-Tronic ‘box if you really must.
At which point you'll have a V8 Spyder that's more expensive than the V10. Oops.
Tom Harrison
Audi R8 Spyder: now in V8 flavour
Audi makes its drop-top supercar available with the coupe’s base engine. No bad thing
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Kirbdawg commented on this article
at 11:52 am on 02 July 2010
That is literally pointless. The only reasons for wanting it that I can think of are: 1. fuel economy (ridiculous reason - don't buy a sports car) 2. cost (ridiculous - if you can afford £90k, you can afford the extra for the v10) 3. you're a dumbass (the only valid reason)
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at 11:54 am on 02 July 2010
Ahah - maybe it's to bring down Audi's CO2 average emissions stat for this model? Can't be buy much though, and to what avail? Slight political brown-nosing?
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at 11:55 am on 02 July 2010
One more thing, if I see anyone driving one, I will moon them to show them what they are... i.e. an ass
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InYourFace commented on this article
at 12:47 pm on 02 July 2010
...true, for 90,000 - 100,000 it is quite pointless But have you ever heard the noise this V8 makes? I'd get the V8 instead of the V10 just for that!
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Twister commented on this article
at 01:40 pm on 02 July 2010
This is a good thing, I was wondering why there wasn't a V8 spyder first instead of the V10.
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