But the car felt keener to turn in and better balanced on the higher pressures. It's still nothing like as feelsome or predictable as the old hydraulic system but it's a lot faster and more direct than the fixed 15.7:1 ratio you get with the passive standard set-up. Every morning is broken when you live near an Audi R8 owner, because the thing’s so loud on start-up. Like Jurassic Park's dinosaurs nature always finds a way and there's enough latitude in this setting to put a smile on your face/get you into trouble according to talent and enthusiasm. Be the first to own one of these cars. For the 2020 model year, the R8's appearance is slightly more angular up front. Audi R8 4.2 FSI V8 quattro 2dr. The CAR magazine Audi R8 V10 Plus. It’s as easy to drive as an A3, and similarly comfortable at a cruise. Did I really just say that? NewsNow Classifieds. Instead there are two V10 options, a 540hp standard one starting at £119,500 and a £134,500 610hp Plus version. In Comfort it feels like driving an A4; in Performance 
a GT3 car. Available on the R8 V10 and standard on V10 performance models, full LED headlights with Audi laser light technology help you see things clearer. So, to recap the hypothesis: an R8 V10 can function as day-to-day transport. By Dan Trent / Monday, July 13, 2015 / Loading comments. In particular it seems to be catnip for other Audi drivers; everywhere I go there’s invariably an A4 TDI glued to the R8’s spoiler, as if on a towbar. Trade Seller A further advantage of this setting is that it locks out the Dynamic Steering to a fixed rate of 13:1, preventing that gloopy inconsistency you get in the other modes as it wanders between 10.3:1 and 17.5:1 according to what the black boxes think you want. Bad points? A journalist friend who writes about real things other than cars wrestled with a conscience in turmoil: ‘Dammit, I didn’t want to like it but I can’t help it.’ And another barely passed comment on the car. My mum has the last word. Blame all-wheel-drive packaging, Fixed carbonfibre wing is standard on the V10 Plus, Drive Select mode switch can dramatically alter the R8's character, 'Vegas Yellow' paintwork looks ace when it's dirty, Carbon-ceramic brakes incredibly powerful, but annoyingly grabby on the road, R8 gets 'Virtual Cockpit' digital dash first seen in TT, Audi R8 Coupe V10 Plus (2017) long-term test review, Audi nudges R8 supercar upmarket, as prices hit £138,000. Which is silly, because they’re essentially the same car, and if anything the R8’s set-up gives it more involving handling. 2016 Audi R8 … Standard LED lights upgradeable to laser versions. Noch schneller, noch stärker, noch dynamischer: Der neue Audi R8 ist die sportliche Speerspitze der Marke Audi. At slower speeds it’s beginning to sound like a family of squirrels have moved into that boot. Maybe it’s that aloofness thing. And a weakness in some ways; the number of parameters that the different settings adjust is quite dizzying, and to show the R8 in its best light, you feel as if you need to spend some time tweaking them to find the best compromise. By the last corner - a long, fast right-hander - the R8 is so biddable a nip, tuck and bootful of throttle to provoke a lovely four-wheel drift seems an entirely natural thing to be doing. Will I miss it? It's still a cinch to drive, yet flips into warpspeed at a prod of that lovingly crafted metal loud (and it is loud) pedal. Portimao's first turn is a fast and committed blind right and if the steering doesn't give you a whole lot of weight or information the R8 immediately feels more positive at the front end than its Lamborghini brother, eagerly pushing through initial understeer and into a subtle rotation under power. Those carbon-ceramic brakes, standard on the V10 Plus, provide eye-opening (and eye-popping) stopping power, but are annoyingly grabby when cold. Audi admits as much, describing it as a "subtle but emphatic" evolution from the original. When we later had the red Audi R8 V10 on test (see Month 5 update further down the page), its identical Continentals were also set with the higher settings and it too seemed to enjoy an ever-so-slightly nicer handling balance as a result. They can be a little tardy to automatically switch between high and low beam, too, and I frequently felt the need to use manual switching for fear of accidentally dazzling oncoming traffic. But if any car fits the supercar for every occasion brief, it’s the Audi R8; all-wheel drive for all weathers, windows you can see out of, and the plushest of cabins with seats an inviting crossbreed between racing buckets and overstuffed armchairs. 8. If you find yourself craving more power than the base R8’s 533bhp, you’re very greedy indeed. Nearly 30 years on, the R8 seems to have a similar effect. If your relationship with the V10 is less intimate than it is in the Lamborghini - you're more isolated from the sniffs of induction and more mechanical interactions of the gearbox - the normally aspirated character is still at the heart of the R8 experience. If the R8 truly can be an everyday supercar, we’ll soon know, for this one really is going to be driven every day. In the final few per cent of the performance envelope a 911 Turbo would probably remain the benchmark in this particular sphere but the R8 at least equals it in all-weather usability while boasting a useful character feature in that fabulous engine. 2 door Manual Petrol Coupe. While you’d probably forgive that in a harder-core supercar, the Audi’s premium standpoint and otherwise luxurious cabin make it harder to overlook. And in … It's a little on the conservative side of a 911 Turbo and with experience of the 12C and 650S you'd expect the new McLaren 570S to be a bit pointier and hardcore in extremis. ‘I’ve driven the R8,’ I overheard another journalist say recently. RWD specific design features More thorough driving observations another time, then, but the R8 is clearly a multi-stringed bow. If the 10-year-old me knew I’d one day be able to drive a bright yellow V10 supercar nearly every day I’d probably have spontaneously combusted with excitement. Cars & Vans for Sale. Is it that difficult second album? So I’d take the softer, slower version of the R8, if possible as a convertible. Speaking of which, the Drive Select switch on the steering wheel has occasionally stopped doing any actual selecting. And I’ve tried to give rides to as many of my friends, neighbours and colleagues as possible. Proportions familiar, detailing much sharper. Audi R8. It develops less power but still houses a 5.2-litre V10 … So to Portimao circuit and a chance to explore what lies beyond the R8's exemplary road pace... Really let off the leash the V10 reveals a hint of the savage side seen in the Huracan, launching out of the pit lane in a blaze of noise and rapid-fire upshifts. The R8 does some of its most impressive work when you’re pootling, though. If at first glance the looks seem familiar you'd be forgiven for thinking the same examining the spec sheet. All the more so for a smudge of wintry muck; a supercar is somehow cooler if it looks like it gets used properly, don’t you think? Subjectively, I prefer the regular R8’s cleaner lines, with a pop-up aerofoil that lays flush with the bodywork at low speeds in place of the Plus’s more brazen fixed rear wing. Enough to make your neck and your face muscles hurt. Audi has revealed the R8 Spyder V10 Plus as the final addition to its R8 supercar range. OK, given the mechanical layout and lack of GT-R style twin propshafts you'd need a line lock to achieve this but it sounds good in the press pack. Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 Plus Coupe 2dr Petrol S Tronic quattro (s/s) (610 ps) 2 door Automatic Petrol Coupe. And one that will instantly score if you're back to back test-driving the competition, uncertain of where to put your £140K. It’s going to be fun finding out. Lost in the fog? Looks rather like the old one doesn't it! See 300 results for Audi R8 v10 plus for sale at the best prices, with the cheapest car starting from £40,999. But it’ll spend many of its days based here at CAR HQ, so keeping its keys to myself is an unlikely dream. ‘Hahahahahaaa…’ – more than a few passengers have intermittently burst into fits of giggles; which, come to think of it, is more or less what I did the first time I drove a supercar. They’re designed with the utmost love and care, they rarely die a premature death in a scrapyard, and their purpose in life is to be shared with people, not to be locked away in air-conditioned garages. 639 likes. 2007 (57 reg) | 71,700 miles. As much as the hardcore driving enthusiast in me wants to tell you that you need the marginally sharper-feeling Plus, the R8 isn’t really a hardcore kind of supercar anyway. 2018 Audi R8 V10 Plus $165,900 5,730 Miles Here's a very cool R8 V10 Plus in rare Audi Exclusive Solar Orange with 20 inch wheels, the big Bang and Olufsen stereo and 610 horsepower!We have just added to our extensive exotic car inventory... Marshall Goldman Motor Sales Cleveland, OH She ought to do my job. Month 6 living with an Audi R8 V10 Plus: the loud engine start-up routine Every morning is broken when you live near an Audi R8 owner, because the thing’s so loud on start-up. So hushed and composed is it in Comfort mode on the motorway there would be no qualms at all about using it this way but when you demand more it delivers in abundance. ‘Will it be alright over that speed bump?’ I’m yet to meet one it can’t manage. Chiptuning not only optimizes the performance of the Audi R8 V10 Plus, but also enhances the sound. The adjustable seats are immensely comfy at first but the odd rake of their base left me with a numb back on long journeys, and the tiny boot compromises the R8’s credentials as a long-distance tourer. If that latter figure sounds familiar it's … No problemOur previous Lamborghini Huracan longtermer needed an on-board lifting system to avoid skinning its nose, but with a 25mm loftier ground clearance the R8 does fine without. ‘I thought it was a fantastic engine attached to a really boring car.’. The car is on display on Audi's stand at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.. Its open-air cabin puts you all the more in touch with that epic V10 (which sounds something like two Group B Quattros having a heated argument), and the rest of your senses with the world around you. Sure, you need to wind on more revs than the turbocharged rivals but when the reward is, As are ceramics - £7,700 option on standard V10. Engine 5204cc 40v V10, 602bhp @ 8250rpm, 413lb ft @ 6500rpm  Gearbox 7-speed dual-clutch, all-wheel drive  Stats 3.2sec 0-62mph, 205mph, 287g/km CO2  Price £132,715  As tested £149,645  Miles this month 1054 Total miles 2320 Our mpg 15.2 Official mpg 21.9 Fuel this month £308.13 Extra costs £0. The R8’s arrived with only 112 miles on the clock, so self-imposed running-in reins are bridled to the V10, and the lengthiest journeys I’ve been able to take on so far have been traffic-jam-riddled motorway slogs. The lack of knock-out surprise inherent in a follow-up? We’ve had another R8 in on test recently (more on which soon), which had a similarly intermittent mode switch. Audi; R8 Spyder; Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 Plus Quattro 2dr S Tronic; First Drive; Spec; Full specification: Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10 Plus Quattro 2dr S Tronic. Gearchanges don't punch through like a Huracan in Corsa mode but rattling up and down the 'box and savouring the sounds this unleashes is a USP turbocharged rivals simply can't match. It’s early days, though. The increased stiffness - a 40 per cent improvement is claimed - and 50kg weight saving gained from the carbon/aluminium spaceframe no doubt helps, the reduction in undamped body flex meaning the suspension can really work to its best ability. And from a muted hum at cruising speeds to a thunderous 8,000rpm-plus howl at maximum attack it remains a truly epic powerplant. The Plus’s standard-fit ceramic brakes are annoyingly grabby on the road but unstoppably stoppable on track, the already neck-straining acceleration gains an unexpected second wind between 5500 and 6000rpm, and the handling can be planted or playful. Because when you want it to be a fantastic sports car it is, but when you just want it to be comfortable it can be that too.’ Which sums it up quite nicely, really. Just as you’ll only need the extra power if you regularly visit a track (and how many R8 owners will? Not only does the Sport layout feel a bit racier, it helps act as a gearshift indicator, the needle illuminating green, amber and red segments as it approaches the red line, and flashing red before it headbutts the limiter – that’s welcome, because in the R8, manual mode really does mean manual, and it doesn’t upshift automatically if you’ve chosen to DIY. AUDI R8 5.2 V10Engine: 5,201cc V10Transmission: 7-speed dual clutch, four-wheel drivePower (hp): 540@7,800rpmTorque (lb ft): 398@6,500rpm0-62mph: 3.5secTop speed: 199mphWeight: 1,670kg (EU, including 75kg driver)MPG: 24.8mpgCO2: 272g/kmPrice: £118,500, AUDI R8 5.2 V10 PLUSEngine: 5,201cc V10Transmission: 7-speed dual clutch, four-wheel drivePower (hp): 610@8,250rpmTorque (lb ft): 413@6,500rpm*0-62mph: 3.2secTop speed: 205mphWeight: 1,630kg (EU, including 75kg driver)MPG: 23mpgCO2: 287g/km*Price: £134,500, © 2021 Pistonheads Holdco Limited, All Rights Reserved, PistonHeads® is a registered trademark of CarGurus Ireland Limited, Pistonheads Holdco Limited, c/o Legalinx Limited, Tallis House, 2 Tallis Street, Temple, London, EC4Y 0AB, United Kingdom.