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Audi R8 V10 and Spyder versions to be scarce and dear

October 10, 2008

Filed under: Car Buying, Convertibles, Sports/GTs, Plants/Manufacturing, Supercars, Audi

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Word has it there is an eight-month waiting list for the Audi R8 in the car’s home market of Germany. Here in the good ol’ U.S. of A., the 50 units we get per month are not nearly enough for all of the interested buyers. Well, with V10, convertible and possibly diesel versions in the works, we can’t imagine that demand will subside anytime soon. You might think that Audi would be smart to amp up production to handle the high demand, especially with those new versions coming soon, but that isn’t gonna happen according to Audi. Seems they can only make 27 R8s a month and no more. That should keep the R8 variations very scarce and very dear.
For those lucky enough to have the coinage and a place in line, there [...]

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