But this seems to fit with the R8's more daily-drivable vibe-including a luggage shelf behind the front seats-compared with its relentlessly manic corporate cousin, the Lamborghini Huracán.
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They retain a power height adjustment and manual fore-aft. The GT's fixed-back bucket seats are relaxed fit for their genre they're neither narrow nor have steep bolsters on their periphery. It was hard to get a good read from the Euro-spec cars we drove, as the V-10's sweet escalating melodies were always muffled by a helmet.Īcceleration won't be able to match that of the all-wheel-drive R8 plan on a 60-mph time in the very low threes and a quarter-mile right around 11 flat. cars are louder still, thanks to the removal of the particulate filters required in the European market. Part of the weight loss is a reduction in sound deadening that makes the R8 louder, and U.S. Still, the GT is a claimed 55 pounds lighter than the regular rear-drive R8 and roughly 120 pounds lighter than the all-wheel-drive coupe. Standard equipment includes laser headlights, sport exhaust, dynamic steering, a B&O stereo, and carbon-fiber mirror caps, door sills, and side blades. cars come fairly loaded, which is why they're slightly heavier than their Euro counterparts. GTs also wear a comprehensive carbon-fiber aero package, including a large, fixed rear wing, front diffuser and canards, and an element behind the rear wheels. But after checking all the option boxes that are included on the GT, the premium drops to $53,900.
If the GT's $253,290 price seems dear, it's probably because it's $91,895 more than a regular 2023 rear-drive R8 coupe. Unlike Ferrari's Side Slip Angle Control, however, Torque Rear isn't a spin preventer. Level 1 doesn't allow enough slip for a recognizable drift while Level 7 provides only the lightest touches of power reduction. Click the new checkered flag button that's sprouted on the steering wheel and then turn a knob to adjust.
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It's more of a fun mode than a track tool, programmed to allow a goodly amount of wheelspin while making it a bit more difficult for an under-skilled driver to go all Mustang exiting Cars & Coffee. In fact, the R8 GT is the only R8 to get a new feature called Torque Rear-Audi officials say labeling it drift mode is too iffy from a regulatory perspective-with seven settings of escalating allowability of rear-wheel slip.
Maybe that's why the Quattro brand is really leaning into drifting talk. Getting the 602-hp state of tune that was previously only available in all-wheel-drive R8s, the GT is 40 horses stronger than the regular rear-drive R8 and the most powerful rear-drive car ever from Audi.
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