Review Audi R8 GT Spyder 2012

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Review Audi R8 GT Spyder 2012

Review Audi R8 GT Spyder 2012 - The £ 158,145 R8 Spyder GT is that the most costly road automotive Audi however. And despite costing quite £ forty,000 quite the quality V10 Spyder, you get less - less weight, that is.

Audi engineers have removed the 85kg to bring the automotive to a still fairly giant 1640 kg by, among others, uses a carbon fiber splitter and front and rear spoiler, that is currently mounted. however the most important weight savings achieved with bucket seats, that is 35kg lighter than the quality.


Carbon ceramic brakes are serving to to scale back bulk and supply fade-free stopping power. alternative mechanical changes embrace ancient spring suspension set-up that sits 10mm under the variable Magnetic Ride system that commonplace V10. It conjointly gets the R tronic single-clutch automatic gearbox, that feels somewhat old school next to the most recent dual-clutch system. Review Audi R8 GT Spyder 2012.

Finally, there's atiny low engine upgrade, with a 5.2 liter V10 power from 35bhp to 553bhp by. Combined with the burden savings, it provides a rise in prime speed of 3mph to 197mph and 0-62mph time cut away by a 3/10 to three.8 seconds.

We drove the Spyder GT at Silverstone's Stowe circuit, where he performed brilliantly. however somebody has swapped it for the conventional V10 Spyder for lavatory breaks, we'd be none the wiser - except the dearth of GT badging and carbon trim, seats uncomfortable ... and insurance bills are £ forty,000 lower we tend to fall.

For wealthy track day fans, R8 GT Coupe 1525 kg might create sense some. however the Spyder doesn't. What use is that the addition of 100kg for the R8 by changing it into a convertible simply to fill lots of cash to get rid of 85kg a lot of. Otomodification - Review Audi R8 GT Spyder 2012.