AUDI'S R8 BIDS FAREWELL TO DEAD DINOSAUR JUICE WITH A LIMITED EDITION V10 R8 - RWD!

The Audi R8 is the supercar for the people, it first broke cover in 2005 and made it to showroom floors by the end of 2006. It was something quite amazing from the brand, and it quickly garnered a lot of attention thanks to its unique shape, powerful 313 kW normally-aspirated V8 and that world renowned Audi all-wheel drive system. In 2010 we saw another special Audi arrive, the R8 GT. This one saw two extra cylinders appear making it a V10, and that power was also directed to all four wheels, all 412 kW of it. The performance increased, the soundtrack went straight to Number 1 and Audi aficionados the world over had a new subject for the posters on workshop, man cave and bedroom walls. It’s been 12 years since that model was release, and as a final hurrah to the last R8 that will feature a combustion engine, the men in white coats have assembled another special Audi R8 - this one goes by the name of Audi R8 Coupé V10 GT RWD - and as you can see if you break that down, it’s still got that revvy V10 shared with sister company Lamborghini, it’s a GT so that means it’s just right for cruising at speed, and it’s also a rear-wheel drive. It seems that if you want to make your supercar feel angrier, you direct big power to the rear wheels only. This makes it a ‘driver’s car’. We like this.