After the production of the last Audi TT in November 2023, a larger icon bearing the Audi logo consisting of four rings is heading towards retirement and exiting the production lines as expected for a long period of time. Yes, the Audi R8 cars have reached the end.
With this news, the last R8 car has rolled off the assembly line at the Heilbronn site in Germany, marking the conclusion of the German supercar.
The German company Audi was forced to expand the production of Audi R8 cars to keep up with the influx of customer orders that came after the company announced the plan to stop production of the leading sports car. Originally, the last car was supposed to be manufactured at the end of 2023, but that did not happen until this month. .
Last year, sales of this model increased by 49 percent, reaching 1,591 new cars sold. However, the R8 is still the slowest selling global product.
If we look at the sales results, the demand for the R8 has always been low, which is understandable given the car's high price.
Demand peaked in 2008 when Audi shipped 5,016 new cars to customers, these sales figures take into account my version; The coupe and the Spider with a convertible roof.
The demise of the Audi R8 means that the Volkswagen Group's revered V10 engine is in the grave. Lamborghini will soon announce the end of production of the Huracan, the sister car to the second mother of the R8, later this year.