Audi R8 by MTM
Judging by its looks alone,
the first-gen Audi R8 could’ve stayed in production longer, so spot-on was its
design. Audi is obviously of the same mind, simply making it edgier, but the
two are, despite their different underpinnings, very similar.
No matter, German tuner MTM
thought it should update its bodywork three years ago, and is now seling its
creation.
Based on the V10 model, this
brash chrome R8 houses a different 10-cylinder animal under its hood and comes
with a plethora of modifications that transform it from a supercar into a
full-fat monster.
In the ad, MTM states that
the vehicle is finally road-legal that surely broadens its appeal to far more
people than the ones looking for something they can use solely on the track. It
features, carbon-fiber seats wrapped in Magnolia-red leather, forged 9x20 front
and 12.5x 20 rear rims and a reinforced 6-Speed Transmission designed to cope
with the 5.0-litre V10’s 802 PS.
But wait, wasn’t it supposed
to be powered by a 5.2-litre V10? Not in MTM-land, as the tuner replaced the
original, naturally-aspirated powerplant with the twin-turbocharged unit from
the RS6 C6 generation.
That makes it go at speeds
over 350 Km/h and accelerate from 0 to 100 Km/h in 3.0 seconds, to 200 Km/h in
9.37 seconds and to 300 Km/h in 19.42 seconds.
Okay, its € 500,000
(US$ 568,975) price tag is hard to swallow, but consider that, in order to achieve
its paint scheme, MTM completely stripped and polished its body, investing more
than 700 hours of work in it alone. That’s right, the car isn’t wrapped in a
chrome wrap, it's been polished to the bare metal. Other visual upgrades
include widened sills, an adjustable rear spoiler, and a front spoiler lip.
To top it off, the vehicle
did a high-speed test at Nardo, was presented at the Geneva Motor Show back in
2013, at Top Marques Monaco, at the 24h Le Mans event and at the Goodwood
Festival Of Speed.
