Once the R8 V-10 got the green light, the diehard performance geniuses at quattro GmbH were left alone to evolve their coveted halo car into the more surreal machine you see here – one that occupies the upper crust of automotive performance. That upper crust usually includes vastly more expensive big dogs like the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, Lamborghini Murcielago LP 640-4 and Gallardo LP560-4, and the Porsche 997 GT2. Never mind that this quattro-crafted car costs around $50,000 less than the GT2, the cheapest of the aforementioned rides.
