SPECIFICATION

Colour: Phantom Black

Interior: Pale Grey Leather

Year: 2011

Mileage: 16,400

Engine: 5.2L V10

Transmission: 6-Speed Manual

Body Style: Coupe

Fuel: Petrol

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INVESTMENT THESIS

First registered in March 2011, this striking manual Audi R8 V10 Coupe has covered just 16,400 miles from new and benefits from a full Audi main dealer service history (9 stamps). The car has just returned to us from its latest service with Stratford Audi. Spark plugs, Pollen Filter and Air filters have recently been changed along with 2 new front tyres. Finished in Phantom Black with Pale Grey leather interior, this example also features carbon side blades and door mirror covers.

In a similar vein to the Lamborghini Gallardo, the Audi R8 V10 is one of the last analogue bastions for manual, large capacity and naturally aspirated supercars ever to be produced. The 5.2 litre 10 cylinder engine coupled to the versatile Audi Quattro system creates a monumentally impressive and usable everyday supercar package. What’s more, being an Audi as opposed to a Lamborghini makes maintenance and servicing costs a lot more palatable.  

As soon as you fire up the big V10 you feel in the presence of something special. The steering and clutch at slow speeds are refreshingly weighted and purposeful but still remarkably usable for city/town driving. But get out of town and onto the country roads is where you truly realise how capable this car is. Once over 3,000rpm, the engine note comes alive as exhaust valves open and you get the full fat sound that only a V10 can produce. The car pulls beautifully and gear changes are seamless through the gated box. For a big motor, it wants to rev and indulging it to the 8700rpm red line only highlights what a mind blowing engine this is.

It’s through the bends were the brilliance of this cars chassis and engineering really come alive. The grip is phenomenal but with the rear wheel drive bias of the Quattro system, the car never feels like it wants to understeer. In fact squeeze the loud pedal a little early on the exit of a turn and you get a beautifully predictable and controllable bout of oversteer.

One of the great features of the V10 cars over their V8 brethren, (in addition to the extra 2000cc capacity and 100bhp) is the high level of factory options included as standard on these cars. This meant that sort after items such as the magnetic ride suspension and the Bang and Olufsen sound system all came as standard on the V10.

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