Just yesterday is was reported the Nissan GT-R’s sold-out sales success around the globe. Today Audi revealed its R8 is also being bought more quickly than it can be made, to the tune of several months in backlogged sales.

Audi’s R8 owes some of its success to a mixture of ingredients that almost guarantee excellent performance, like a mid-mounted V8 producing 420hp, a top speed of 300km/h (187mph) and a 0-100km/h time under 4.5 seconds. Its attractive styling is also part of the equation, with short overhangs and low, chunky proportions that give it a look uncommon to the class.
The company from Ingolstadt wouldn’t reveal just how many R8s had been sold since its release last year, but whatever the numbers were, the factory couldn’t keep up, reports Edmunds.

And it’s no surprise - the R8 garnered more press attention and critical acclaim than just about any other car available in 2007 - rivaling or surpassing even the much-anticipated GT-R in its coverage, winning the award for World Performance Car of the Year and World Design of the Year 2008, beating out the WCOTY winning Mazda2.

 

I'm more surprised to hear the GT-R sold out than I am to hear about the Audi. The R8 is such a damn good looking car, and so classy too.

 

Troof, but with the current inflation and the raises people are getting 70k isn't that hard to come by and with all these crazy loans, people are just buying up cars. The R8 is still exotic price wise, every R8 is almost 3 GT-Rs. Good for both companies, if demand is high they should double the supply.

 

I think we all saw this coming