Audi R8: Trading hands for £10,000 over list price

The Audi R8 is officially sold out in the UK for the first three years of production and due to that, the supercar has been trading hands for an additional £10,000 over the list price. “We can’t stop people selling their cars on,” said an Audi spokesman, “although we will be checking names of customers against our list of people who have put down deposits.”

So if your name doesn’t match the one on the list you’ll be sent back in line because you cut people. “We count that as a new order and the buyer will have to start over again,” said Audi.

In US Audi R8 buyers are being asked to sign a legal documents stating that they’ll offer their dealership first chance on the car when they decide to sell.

Audi will deliver 450 R8s between June and December, rising in 2008 to 750.
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jon21 - 5/10/2007 2:15:13 PM

+1 Boost

Sure, I will sell it back to the dealership, even for only 1 penny over what I paid for it, after 2 years of free test-driving.

S4cabriofoxone - 5/10/2007 2:56:01 PM

+1 Boost

I wonder if I should get in line... with each new picture and each new video, this car beckons to me even more.

Occarnut - 5/10/2007 3:54:52 PM

+1 Boost

You are already too late I am affraid...the dealers have more orders and deposits than allocation.

S4cabriofoxone - 5/10/2007 10:39:00 PM

+1 Boost

That's kind of what I thought. If they make an R8 Spyder/Roadster/whatever, and it's under $130K, maybe I can somehow get it for under $2,000/month.

If not, I'll just have to go back the 911. I'll just "have" to. LOL.

IamEvilHomer - 5/11/2007 12:10:33 AM

+2 Boost

Audi is going to do something like require the buyer to keep the car or be required to sell it back to the dealer first

- just the latest rumor