Italdesign Has Built An Even More Expensive R8-Based Supercar
Remember the bizarre Italdesign supercar based on an Audi R8 but 10 times the price before options? Of course you do. A refresher is right here.
Just five examples of the ZeroUno were built and, presumably, sold. This year the Audi-owned design house is returning to the Geneva Motor Show with a convertible Roadster version designed to mark the firm’s 50th anniversary.
The Roadster will have the same running gear, which is to say the R8 V10 Plus’ running gear; a 5.2-litre V10 that could take the largely carbonfibre coupe past 62mph in 3.2 seconds and on to a top whack of 205mph. The convertible shouldn’t be much, if any slower off the line, but might have a slower top speed owing to the extra drag.
With a double-buttress-style engine cover it’s not obvious whether there’s actually a roof or not. It’s possible that it’s a complex Italian faff-job akin to putting up a borrowed tent using instructions written in Klingon, and it’s also possible that there’s none at all.
The coupe cost £1.3 million before options, so with Italdesign’s pricing in mind the Roadster could easily top £1.5 million plus extras. Even if we win the Euromillions jackpot tonight, we reckon we’d still just take an R8 like this one…
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That front end looks more like a catfish than a catfish looks like a catfish
It looks like a Centenario had a baby with a Spyker
You would literally be better off by buying an R8 and putting a bodykit on it. It’s cars like this that make me wonder “what’s the point?”
Well, perhaps for the individuality? Then again, there are many other unique cars for under half…no, a 1/4 of this price here…
Don’t understand this shit. Gimme an e46 any day of the week.
The company should be named: ‘’how to make money easily
This is gay like debacito
Looks to generic. And riced.
(technically it is).Would not even consider a car like this.
Would rather a Huracan performante + ferrari 488 + mclaren 720s+audi r8 + S-class + M5 + Focus rs + Chevy bolt + golf.
I saw the coupé version at FOS last year.
I would prefer the R8 over the Italdesign here, any day, because curves>edges.
The opposite for me. The curve life
Besides the 250 mile high price, this R8 here has far too many cuts and vents and weird angles for me. Just to say
r8’s ugly sis
I thought it was based off like the Centenario and the 488
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