Audi R8 V10 Spyder Rental in Orange County
This white Audi R8 V10 Spyder, black interior, is based in Orange County, the open top of our two R8s and a hundred dollars a day less than the coupe. With the roof down it reads as a good day rather than an intimidating supercar, and traffic waves you in rather than closing a gap. The naturally aspirated V10 sits right behind an open cabin.
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How It Drives
The R8 shares its 5.2 liter naturally aspirated V10 with the Huracan, and with the roof down that engine is the entire reason to book this car. No turbochargers means the throttle answers the instant you ask, building all the way to a limiter above 8,000 rpm rather than flattening out early. Quattro all wheel drive puts 540 horsepower down with traction that makes the power completely usable, and sixty arrives in 3.5 seconds. On Ortega Highway the chassis feels secure rather than playful, understeer if you are clumsy and confident grip if you are not. What separates it from its Italian cousin is how ordinary it feels the rest of the time, an Audi cabin around a race engine.
How It Photographs
White with the roof stowed is the friendliest supercar image we can produce, since the R8's shape is softer and less aggressive than the mid engine cars it competes against, and it photographs as expensive rather than intimidating, which suits weddings and proposals a darker paint would make feel too serious. The side blade panel behind the door is the defining detail and it reads clearly against white in direct daylight. Shoot it roof down from slightly above at Pelican Hill or along Newport Coast Drive, with the cabin visible and the engine cover behind.
Why This One
This is one of two R8s we run and the only open one. With the roof down, the naturally aspirated V10 sits directly behind an open cabin, which is the entire argument for choosing it over the coupe, and it costs a hundred dollars a day less. White also makes it the friendlier looking of the pair in photographs, which is why it tends to go out for weddings and proposals where the black coupe would read as too serious for the occasion. If the sound and the sun are the point of the rental, this is the R8 to book.
What's On This One
This is the Audi R8 V10 Spyder, a two seat convertible built around a 5.2 liter naturally aspirated V10 making 540 horsepower and 398 lb-ft, sent through quattro all wheel drive to all four corners. White exterior over a black interior, a fabric roof that folds in under 20 seconds, and an independent rear window that drops on its own with the roof up or down. Sixty comes up in 3.5 seconds and top speed is 197 mph. This is the open bodied of the two R8s we run, one of the last naturally aspirated V10 supercars built by anyone.
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