Audi R8 Spyder V10 Performance, 2020. Three owners, 24,505 km,
service books from new.
There are marques that tell you what progress is, and there are
marques that simply let you hear it. Audi belongs to that second
category. At least, it did back when they still thought ten
cylinders were a perfectly good answer to a question nobody had
asked. And they were right. The R8 was always the odd one out in
the Audi stable: a supercar with four rings on it, built on the
same recipe as the Lamborghini Hurac�n, but without the theatrical
drama queen and with the level-headedness of a marque that could
just as happily build an A4 Avant for the local builder.
I have always had a soft spot for that R8. Not because it was the
fastest, not because it had the maddest design, but because it is
the last of the Mohicans. When the rest of the car world was
already signing up for the electric future, Audi stubbornly kept
the faith with a naturally aspirated V10 sitting mid-mounted behind
the seats. No turbos to cushion the blow, no clever software
mimicking the sound through the speakers. Just five point two
litres of German obstinacy, which at six thousand revs starts to
wail in a way you now only hear in old Formula 1 footage. A
crescendo you would normally need a season ticket at the Royal
Albert Hall to enjoy.
And then, on top of all that, we are talking about the Spyder here.
Roof down, and what remains is one of the few open cars in which
the engine note matters more than the weather forecast.
The story continues on our website, where the full file is kept as
well. 129 photographs including the underside. The service history,
scanned in full. The Carfax report. Paint thickness measured panel
by panel. The original factory brochure to page through. A timeline
from 14 July 2020 to today, with every owner and the mileage year
by year in a single graph.
Every car here follows the same route: first pre-market, then the
showroom, and finally the live auction on our own site. What
changes is the way you buy, not the location - once a car has
arrived, it stays with us in Katwijk. This one is in the showroom
and you are welcome to come and see it, no appointment needed. You
buy it here at a fixed price: no bidding, no waiting. Our showroom
in Katwijk, 30 km from Amsterdam Schiphol, is open Mon-Fri 9-18 and
Sat 10-17. Call ahead and it will be standing ready, with someone
free for you.
Within the EU no customs duty arises on this purchase. Registration
tax and registration costs in your own country are not included. We
supply the export documents and assist with the registration. The
price shown is the full price for collection in Katwijk. We arrange
insured door-to-door transport worldwide, cost quoted per
destination beforehand.
Prefer a different colour or specification than this example? Tell
us what you are looking for - another Audi we can often find
through our network of marque specialists and collectors, outside
the listings.
Our showroom measures 6,000 m�, with over 150 cars under one roof.
HooG Selections, Katwijk, the Netherlands. Call or WhatsApp: +31 85
043 05 86.
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