Maybe the GT isn't the final R8 after all...
Matt BirdTrack-focused road cars have become very, very serious of late - you only need to look at the most recent for proof of that. Some might call it just a logical evolution of the genre, some might suggest it’s making the most of epic engines to shove along as much downforce as possible before it’s too late. We know Audi is calling time on the R8 and its V10; we’d assumed The wild Audi you see here is believed to be the work of German firm Scherer Sport.
The car itself is fascinating, combining elements of both the GT3 racer and the more powerful GT2-spec machine. The incredible central scoop seems borrowed directly from the latter, and looks more outrageous than ever; same goes for that fixed real spoiler. There’s motorsport-inspired technology, then there’s just bolting race car bits onto a showroom model. We’re very much fans of this approach.
Note as well the centrelock wheels, monster brakes, shin-slicing front canards and the kind of aero treatment never before seen on an R8. The front end, with the dramatically slatted bonnet and wheelarch vents to make a GT3 RS blush, is as much pure downforce device as it is everyday bodywork. The cage looks very serious indeed. To call this thing an R8 almost seems a disservice, even with the little V10 badge on the wing like every other and what seem to be production-spec exhausts.
Adding further intrigue is the suggestion from our spy snapper that Frank Stippler was driving the R8. He races a GT3 car with Scherer and has a strong association with Audi, such for the Nurburgring lap record. It’s another nice link to add some credence to the mad idea that Audi and Scherer are collaborating on something truly spectacular.
Lamborghini, after all, has demonstrated that the 5.2-litre engine has more to give than the GT’s 620hp, and it’s hard to imagine too much grumbling about a Huracan-equalling power output if as few as the rumoured 100 are going to be made. That would make it almost a third as rare as the GT. And, by the looks of things, at least twice as awesome. More news as and when we have it.
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