The Audi R8 V10 Plus Spyder Is 602bhp Of Noise And Sky
Brace yourself for loveliness: Audi has confirmed a new range-topping Spyder version of the R8 V10 Plus. That’s right; the most powerful production Audi on sale today has gone convertible. We might be having trouble with our saliva glands right now.
The 602bhp R8 V10 Plus Spyder looks absolutely stunning. The engine bay bulges menacingly and the Micrommata Green paintwork is just awesome. Combined with the forged alloy wheels and carbon-ceramic brakes, it looks the absolute business.
It’s 25kg lighter dry than the regular R8 V10 Spyder, at 1587kg. That’s partly due to the lighter wheels and carbon-backed seats, but it won’t make much difference to the performance. Speaking of speed, the Plus Spyder notches up a pretty spicy 204mph top speed, with 0-62mph dropped in 3.3 seconds thanks to quattro four-wheel drive.
The engine is the same as the one we know and love from the R8 V10 Plus coupe. Its peak power has to be worked for, sitting all the way up at 8700rpm, and even the 413lb ft maximum torque figure doesn’t arrive until 6500rpm. It’s a screamer, and surely, with the roof down, that’s just one more reason to work hard enough for long enough until you can afford one.
We don’t have any firm word on prices yet, but with the regular Spyder about £9000 more expensive than the coupe, matching that price gap would make the Plus Spyder something like £147,000. Better get saving.
Comments
Basically a Lamborghini, same engine, same drive train and luminous green.
Yup
Congratulations
I don’t understand you.
What do you mean “basically”?
I was pretty sure that was a Huracan.
Still way better looking than a hurucan
You mean the Huracan is pretty much an R8
Both these cars share the same engine and chassis, but the engine and chassis were developed by Audi
Finally a Plus version of the spyder
She:get a green environmentally friendly car
Me:
You posted this comment 15 seconds ago and it’s on 14 up votes that was quick lmao
Someone’s messed up here CT, they’ve put in pictures of the Huracan Spy….oh wait no, I see an Audi badge
And it’s still slower than the 2017 Bentley Continental Supersports both the Coupe and Convertible and yet the R8 also seats two less! Still indicates that Bentley’s 6.0L Twin-Turbo W12 is better than Audi’s 5.2L N/A V10
Not when it comes to sound… Besides, remember you’re comparing an engine with more displacement, more cylinders and forced induction.
Some Audi engineer: Hey lets cut the roof off the R8
Boss: what no
Engineer: Why not
Boss: because
Engineer: mclaren did it
Boss: ok then
1 week later
In white for Mr. Tony Stark please…
Am I the only one that remembers this? https://www.carthrottle.com/post/styling-house-italdesign-is-about-to-reveal-an-r8-based-supercar-for-10-times-the-price/
The German take on a Huracán Roadster?
Boi they’re both the same car lel
Old R8 was way better.
In terms of looks that thing was a masterpiece
Actually it’s my all-time favourite car! Looks sharp and aggressive, but at the same time it has so much class