Italdesign Has Built An Even More Expensive R8-Based Supercar

The unfathomably expensive Italdesign ZeroUno has spawned a convertible Roadster brother, and while it's stunning, it's also ridiculously pricey
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.

Italdesign Has Built An Even More Expensive R8-Based Supercar

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.

Italdesign Has Built An Even More Expensive R8-Based Supercar

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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Comments

Rand0m_c1tizen (Jon)

That front end looks more like a catfish than a catfish looks like a catfish

02/23/2018 - 16:07 |
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It looks like a Centenario had a baby with a Spyker

02/23/2018 - 22:18 |
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[Flux]

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?”

02/23/2018 - 17:02 |
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Well, perhaps for the individuality? Then again, there are many other unique cars for under half…no, a 1/4 of this price here…

02/24/2018 - 07:38 |
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Anonymous

Don’t understand this shit. Gimme an e46 any day of the week.

02/23/2018 - 18:30 |
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5:19.55

The company should be named: ‘’how to make money easily

02/23/2018 - 18:45 |
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Anonymous

This is gay like debacito

02/24/2018 - 01:59 |
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The Stig 6

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.

02/24/2018 - 03:06 |
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Anonymous

I saw the coupé version at FOS last year.
I would prefer the R8 over the Italdesign here, any day, because curves>edges.

02/24/2018 - 07:30 |
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Carguyken 918

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

The opposite for me. The curve life

05/26/2018 - 13:30 |
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DJ N

Besides the 250 mile high price, this R8 here has far too many cuts and vents and weird angles for me. Just to say

02/24/2018 - 07:36 |
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SH 13

r8’s ugly sis

03/02/2018 - 04:47 |
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Carguyken 918

I thought it was based off like the Centenario and the 488

05/26/2018 - 13:28 |
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