Audi R8: Spy shots from Arizona

Sunday, September 17, 2006

The Audi R8 was spotted in Arizona and a lucky guy has his camera with him.

The reader spoke to the three guys standing near the car and found that they had come up to Flagstaff for high altitude testing and were planning to be around a few more days. Only one spoke English and he wasn’t sharing anything important (or thus far unknown) about the R8.

He also got a reasonably good look at the interior – although no pictures unfortunately. He summarized the interior by saying it reminded him of the Gallardo, with the gear box setup the same way, the familiar seats and the instrument cluster showing a similarity. He added that the steering wheel was 3-spoke and had a flat-bottom similar to the Euro-spec RS4 wheel.

Lastly, while the reader did say that the R8 was very Gallardo-ish, he further added that it clearly had an Audi “feel” to it.