# Audi R8 Spyder V10 performance quattro

URL: https://performanceandprestige.co.uk/cars/audi-r8-spyder-performance

The Audi R8 Spyder V10 performance quattro is our own car, not a sourced one. It puts a naturally aspirated V10 behind your shoulders with nothing above your head. Audi ended R8 production in 2024, so nothing on sale replaces this engine.

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Supply | In our fleet — we own, insure, prepare and deliver this car |
| Rate basis | Confirmed rate |
| From, per day | on request |
| From, per weekend | on request |
| From, per week | on request |
| From, per month | on request |
| Refundable deposit | £7,500 |
| Insurance excess | £7,500 |
| Minimum driver age | 30 |
| Minimum years of full licence | 5 |
| Miles included per day | on request |
| Segment | Convertible |

## Highlights

- A naturally aspirated V10 behind the seats, with no turbochargers anywhere in it
- Quick in the way only a high-revving engine is, which no turbocharged car imitates
- Fabric roof that folds away on the move, so the V10 is audible from the first mile
- quattro all-wheel drive and a dual-clutch gearbox, so it works in British weather
- One of ours: we own it, insure it, prepare it and deliver it

## What is the Audi R8 Spyder V10 performance like to drive?

Calm until you ask it for something, which is the R8’s particular trick. Left alone it drives like a well-sorted Audi: light steering, a compliant ride, a cabin you could sit in for four hours without complaint. Ask for the top of the rev range and the V10 changes character completely, and keeps going long after a turbocharged engine would have run out of interest. With the roof down you hear all of it unfiltered, and that is the whole reason to take the Spyder over the coupé.

## Why does the R8 Spyder matter now?

Because it is finished. Audi built the last R8 in March 2024 and there is no successor with a naturally aspirated ten-cylinder engine behind the seats. Cars like this are not coming back, and for most people a hire is now the only way to drive one. That is part of why it sits in our own fleet rather than being arranged through a partner: it is not a car we would want to promise and then have to substitute.

## How much does it cost to hire an R8 Spyder?

A refundable £7,500 deposit is held against a card at handover and the insurance excess is £7,500. The allowance is 12,000 miles a year, or 1,250 miles across a monthly hire, with extra miles at 350p. Nothing is taken through this website, and every figure here includes VAT.

## Do I get this exact R8 Spyder, or one like it?

This one. A person checks the diary for this specific car and confirms your dates against it, rather than confirming a category of vehicle and settling the details later. We own it, insure it, prepare it and deliver it ourselves, anywhere in mainland Britain, and we collect from wherever suits you at the end. That is the difference between the cars in our fleet and the wider catalogue, and it is why these pages can make a firm availability claim at all.

## Frequently asked questions

### Can you hire an Audi R8 Spyder in the UK?

Yes. This one is in our own fleet, so we are the rental company rather than an introducer: we hold the self-drive hire insurance, prepare the car and deliver it. A person confirms your dates against the diary for this specific car before anything is agreed.

### How fast is the R8 Spyder V10 performance?

Quick enough that the numbers stop being the point once you are moving. It is the version Audi built to sit at the top of the R8 range, and the naturally aspirated V10 delivers it at the top of the rev range rather than in one turbocharged shove. The coupé is fractionally quicker on paper, the difference being the weight of the roof mechanism and the aerodynamics of an open car. Full specification for this exact car is confirmed in writing before delivery.

### Is the Audi R8 still in production?

No. Audi built the final R8 in March 2024 and ended the model without a direct petrol replacement. That is why the naturally aspirated V10 is now a car people hire specifically: it cannot be bought new, and nothing on sale sounds like it.

### How old do I have to be to hire the R8 Spyder?

Thirty or over, with a full licence held for at least five years and no more than six penalty points. The refundable deposit is £7,500 and the insurance excess is £7,500. These are conditions of the insurance on our own car, so there is no flexibility on them.

*Performance & Prestige hires vehicles from its own fleet and, where a vehicle is not one of ours, arranges it through a vetted partner. Cars marked "we can source" are subject to confirmation before anything is agreed. Rates include VAT. Nothing is booked or paid for through this website: a person confirms the car, the full cost and the delivery slot with you first.*

*Pre-launch note: the rates, driver criteria, deposits, excesses and mileage allowances quoted here are read from Performance & Prestige's own catalogue data, which is still being confirmed with the owner and the insurer. Read them as the shape of the figures rather than as a quotation. What binds is your written quote and your hire agreement.*