Audi never made an R8 GT3, but that's not to say there haven't been some very special ones...
As the R8 nears the end of its petrol-powered life, it's natural to look back over 15 years or so of Audi's seminal supercar and remember the really, really good ones. There was the R8 GT, for example, which stripped out 100kg and toughened up the suspension; the stunning R8 V10 Plus could be had with a manual gearbox, which was pretty cool for a 550hp Audi; and nobody will forget either RWS or RWD in a hurry, either. Imagine telling the kids one day about the rear-wheel drive, V10 Audi.
And get this - the R8 Performance Parts came with three-way adjustable coilovers, like it was a Lotus track car or something. They were manually adjustable, too, there for owners to get down and dirty with rather than press a mag ride switch on the dash. It was a function before form R8 - probably the first and only one - which made the Performance Parts car quite cool.
Especially so given Audi went to all this effort for only 44 cars. Imagine getting an R8 down the production line with these alterations, to create less than 50. Quite the commitment. Amazingly, some PP R8s did come to the UK - five for our 115 Audi dealers in 2018 - one of which is now for sale on PH.
Certainly time has done nothing to dull the impact; in vibrant Misano Red with spoilers, slats and skirts fit for an N24 racer, it screams track car. Good job the Performance Parts has the hardware to cash the cheques its body is writing. Pleasingly, this one has been used and enjoyed by the three owners so far, notching up almost 10,000 miles since 2018.
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