|
Top Ten Modern Super Cars with the Most Investment Potential |
|
| 2007 - 2008 Audi R8 | |
The Audi R8 is a
mid-engine, 2-seater sports car, which uses Audi's trademark quattro
permanent all-wheel drive system. It was introduced by the German
automaker Audi AG in 2006. |
The car was exclusively designed, developed, and manufactured by Audi AG's high performance private subsidiary company, quattro GmbH, and is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo platform. The fundamental construction of the R8 is based on the Audi Space Frame, and uses an aluminium monocoque which is built using space frame principles. The car is built by quattro GmbH in a newly renovated factory at Audi's aluminium site at Neckarsulm in Germany. The R8 development program began in 2004, Lamberty's design being approved and frozen for production. Production body prototypes began field testing in January 2006. The R8 road car was officially launched at the Paris Auto Show on 30 September 2006. There was some confusion with the name, which the car shares with the 24 Hours of Le Mans winning R8 Le Mans Prototype (LMP). 6-time 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Jacky Ickx described the R8 as "the best handling road car today" These are quite popular and a new one can easily cost over $120,000. There are some good deals on the low mileage early models such as the 2007 and 2008. They have fully depreciated and a very low mileage one should sell for less than $75,000 making it a good investment since many think it is possibly the best driving car of its era. |
