After the last TT was produced in November 2023, an excellent higher Audi icon will drive off into the proverbial sundown. The remaining R8 has rolled off the meeting line on the Audi Böllinger Höfe web site in Heilbronn, Germany. The supercar’s epilogue is a Vegas Yellow coupe (identical to the one pictured right here) within the Performance Quattro Edition with a carbon fiber exterior package deal and 20-inch wheels.

Audi needed to prolong manufacturing of the R8 to maintain up with an inflow of buyer orders following the corporate’s announcement about killing the flagship sports activities automotive. Originally, the final automotive was alleged to be constructed on the finish of 2023 however that did not occur till this month. Last 12 months, sales went up by 49 percent, reaching 1,591 models. However, the R8 was nonetheless by far the slowest-selling world product.

Looking again at gross sales outcomes, demand for the R8 has at all times been low, which is comprehensible given the automotive’s exorbitant price ticket. Demand peaked in 2008 when Audi shipped 5,016 automobiles to prospects.

These gross sales numbers think about each the Coupe and Spyder variants.

The demise of the Audi R8 means Volkswagen Group’s venerable V-10 engine is one foot within the grave. Lamborghini will section out the R8’s sister automotive, the Huracan, later this 12 months. The remaining manufacturing run has been accounted for. It successfully means you’ll be able to’t order a supercar with the naturally aspirated 5.2-liter mill anymore. The Huracan has constantly been the extra well-liked of the 2 mid-engined supercars, which most likely explains why solely Lamborghini will introduce a successor this 12 months.

In June 2023, Lamborghini mentioned it was making a lot cash that it has the mandatory funds for the event of the brand new mannequin with out sharing prices with Audi. The follow-up to the Huracan is anticipated to be a Lambo by way of and thru however with a plug-in hybrid setup that includes a downsized gasoline engine. The ICE is reportedly a twin-turbo V-8 believed to work as an NA engine till 7,000 rpm when pressured induction is claimed to kick in.

While Lamborghini is gearing as much as launch a brand new mannequin with a bull’s title, Audi does not intend to launch a direct successor. Now after which, firm officers trace at an all-electric substitute, but it surely’s probably not coming anytime quickly. We do know the high-revving V-10 is useless for good. Blame it on the R8’s steep asking worth and more and more stringent emissions rules.