Styling House Italdesign Is About To Launch An R8-Based Supercar For 10 Times The Price
Italdesign, the Italian styling house behind the likes of the Alfa Romeo 159, the 1974 Volkswagen Scirocco and the magnificent Daewoo Lacetti, is about to launch its own car.
Now owned by Volkswagen, through Audi and Lamborghini, Italdesign is set to reveal a V10-powered hyper-exclusive supercar at the Geneva Motor Show. It’s set to use the R8 V10’s engine in a similar state of tune to the Plus model, giving it over 600bhp and a 0-62mph sprint time of 3.2 seconds. Top speed is about 205mph.
It also has the R8’s quattro four-wheel drive system. And the R8’s dual-clutch gearbox.
OK, it’s basically a re-bodied R8 V10 Plus. It will be road legal, say its makers, but just five will be built for “collectors and visionary enthusiasts” willing to pay – brace yourself – between the £1.3 million starting price and an expected £2 million after options. That’s the price of five whole R8 V10s just in options.
An R8 V10 Plus goes for around £135,000, so we can’t help but wonder if this is some kind of joke.
The fact that the engine, chassis and running gear are already sorted means the as-yet unnamed car will be ready by the end of this year, and you can bet that it will share Audi technology on the inside, too, although rumours suggest it will be lighter than the R8 by a margin.
Italdesign’s supercar project chief Filippo Perini confirmed that a new Italdesign model would be revealed every year, each in a ridiculously small batch and presumably with an inexplicably large price tag.
Well, if people are stupid enough to pay this sort of money for an R8 in a frock, then who are we to argue?
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If you want an R8 that has more character and gets more attention, there’s this thing called a LAMBORGHINI HURACÁN.
If human-fish was a car..
Just like womens bags… See bag no brand nothing. Same bag slapped on a Micheal Kors badge instant price lift.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
The centenarios half r8 cousin
Yo dog heard you like R8s so I put a R8 in ur supercar so u can drive a R8 in a R8
Don’t ask me when you go inside the car and it still has the Audi logo on the virtual cockpit…
Noble M600 and Centenario hybrid? Maybe! While it isn’t worth the money, I think it’s innovative design, and may catch on. It reminds me of the Veneno, probably because of the paint job!
So this is like paying over $2 Million for a Miata with the same rust and mechanical issues as a normal one with the only difference is that the body is made of gold
Gold doesn’t rust 😜
its the fugliest thing i’ve seen all day