Audi R8 V10 Coupe Rental in San Diego
The Nardo grey Audi R8 V10 Coupe with the red leather interior is based in San Diego. It is the naturally aspirated V10 you can see through the rear glass, 532 hp, all-wheel drive and a cabin that is easier to get into than anything else with this engine. It is for the person who wants to hear 8,000 rpm with their own ears, and it suits a first-timer as well as a regular. Available across San Diego, Orange County and the Inland Empire.
How It Drives
The 5.2 liter V10 sits behind your head with no turbo in the way, so the throttle answers the instant you touch it and the sound climbs with the revs. At cruise it is smooth and almost quiet. Past 6,000 rpm it is a scream, and it keeps going past 8,000 before the 7-speed dual-clutch takes the next gear as fast as you pull the paddle. Quattro sends the power to all 4 wheels, so you can put your foot down out of a corner and the car simply goes. The steering is light in the lot and firms up in the bends. Take Torrey Pines Road past the Gliderport and up to Mount Soledad, windows down, and let the V10 come back off the cliffs. 532 hp, 0 to 60 in 3.5 seconds, and none of it feels nervous.
How It Photographs
Nardo grey is a flat, non-metallic grey, and it is why this car photographs unlike any other R8 we run. In direct sun it reads like poured concrete, no sparkle, no reflections, which makes the red calipers and the red cabin the only colour in the frame. In open shade it cools toward blue-grey. After dark it reads like primer under the lights. Take the rear three-quarter with the spoiler up so the glass engine deck and the quad lights sit together. Open the door for the red. Shoot the caliper through the spokes close. These photos were taken in a lot with the downtown San Diego skyline behind the car, and that is the frame to repeat.
Why This One
We run 4 R8s and this is the only one based in San Diego, the only grey one and the only coupe with a red interior. Our black coupe is in Orange County at $895 a day. Our 2 white Spyders are in Orange County at $795 and Los Angeles at $895. This coupe is $795, it keeps the glass engine deck and full seat travel the Spyders give up, and its colour photographs the red. Book it for San Diego, for the coupe, or for the cabin.
What's On This One
The standard R8 V10 Coupe, not the Plus. Standard on the trim is the 5.2 liter naturally aspirated V10, the 7-speed dual-clutch, quattro all-wheel drive, the glass engine cover, the deploying rear spoiler, the Virtual Cockpit with no center screen, and the start button on the wheel. On this car the paint is Nardo grey, the wheels are gloss black multi-spokes, the calipers are red and the side blades are black. Inside it is full red leather on the seats and doors, carbon fiber inlays on the dash and doors, a flat-bottom wheel with the red start button, and a Bang and Olufsen speaker grille in each door. 2 seats, a front trunk and a shelf behind the seats.
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