Audi has dabbled with lighter and more focused R8s before, from the original GT of 2011 to the V10 Plus, together with a brace of rear-drive models. Only now, however, has Audi decided to go all-in on a proper R8 road racer, just as the end of production looms. Better late than never, eh? It is in that spirit that we welcome the second Audi R8 GT to the fold.
Previously the RWD model has been pegged back against the quattros for one reason or another. Well, no longer. For this 333-unit valedictory special, the ‘goodbye to the V10 engine’, no less, the rear-drive Audi R8 gets more power than the equivalent Lamborghini Huracan. The 620 figure is a nice, round 200hp more than the R8 V8 launched with a decade and a half ago, matches the Ferrari Roma and means almost 100hp more than even a 911 GT3 RS.
Additionally, Audi claims 0-62mph in 3.4 seconds and 124mph in 10.1, with the Porsche recording 3.2 and 10.6 for the same benchmarks. The R8 GT should hit 199mph, and Audi has even gone to the effort of fitting this limited edition car with a new DCT. More than likely it’s an overhaul of the existing gearbox already there. Either way, even faster shift times are promised, along with ‘even more impressive acceleration in all gears’ thanks to altered ratios.
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