Base Versus Loaded: 2012 Audi R8 Spyder 5.2

There aren’t a lot of supercar manufacturers that will openly publicize how much a car costs while using an online configurator. Try and get a price on that pretty, new Ferrari FF you just built, and you’ll be disappointed. It’s worse at Lamborghini, which doesn’t even offer an online configurator. Thankfully, Audi also builds cars that the a large percentage of the 99 percent can afford, so offering pricing is a necessity. That means we can build über-equipped R8 Spyders, and know exactly how many pennies we need to save up to buy one.

 

 

Price: $162,700 (Audi R8 Spyder 5.2) + $1250 (destination & handling) + $3000 (Gas Guzzler Tax) + $0 (options) = $166,950

 

 

Price: $162,700 (Audi R8 Spyder 5.2) + $40,050 (options) + $1250 (destination & handling) + $2100* (Gas Guzzler Tax) = $206,100

 

R-Tronic Automatic Transmission – $9100

Lava Gray Pearl Effect Paint – $650

Audi Carbon Ceramic Brakes – $9900

Nineteen-inch Alloy Wheels – $800

Carbon Fiber Sigma Exterior Package – $8100

Carbon Fiber Sigma Exterior Mirrors – $1400

Black Leathe With Red Contrast Stitching – $250

Enhanced Leather Package – $3500

Carbon Fiber Sigma Interior Inlays – $2500

Carbon Fiber Sigma Door Sill Inserts – $1050

Instrument Cluster In White – $750

Perforated Leather-Wrapped Multi-Function Sport Steering Wheel – $250

Carbon Fiber Sigma Engine Compartment Inlays – $1800

 

Exterior

Power-folding, auto-dimming, power-adjustable and heated exterior mirrors

Exterior mirror housings painted in body color

Full LED Headlight system

Double wishbone front and rear suspension

LED engine compartment lighting

Retractable rear spoiler

Rain sensors for automatic headlights and windshield wipers

Engine compartment with LED lighting

High-gloss Black Singleframe® grille

LED brakelights

Carbon Fiber Sigma engine compartment inlays

Three blink, touch-to-pass lane change feature in turn signal

Aluminum optic engine cover vents

Flared rocker panels

Extended High-gloss black elements [front inlet and rear outlet grilles, front spoiler lip, uninterrupted rear center section, rear diffuser]

 

Wheels and tires

19" 10-spoke-Y-design aluminum alloy wheels with 235/35 front and 295/30 rear summer performance tires

Tire pressure monitoring system

 

Interior

10-way power-adjustable, heated seats including four-way lumbar support

Micrometallic Gray interior inlays

Automatic air-conditioner with sun sensor

Aluminum gearshift knob

Auto-dimming interior mirror with digital compass

LED interior illumination

Central locking system with selective unlock feature

Aluminum Optic accelerator, brake and clutch pedals, and footrest

Seats, headrests, door inserts and handles in fine Nappa Leather

Storage Package [Nets on driver and passenger backrests, luggage securing net on storage surface behind the seats]

Power windows [one-touch up and one-touch down feature for both windows, power retention when ignition shut-off, window comfort close and open with key in driver door]

 

Steering wheel

Leather-wrapped, magnesium, three-spoke, flat-bottom multifunction sport steering wheel with shift paddles

Tilt and telescopic manually adjustable steering column

 

Seats

Sport Seats

Fine Nappa leather

Heated front seats

 

Safety and Technology

Driver and front passenger advanced dual-stage airbag supplemental restraints

Driver and passenger seat-mounted head and thorax airbags

Anti-theft vehicle alarm system with vehicle immobilization device

Electronic cruise control

Audi parking system plus with rearview camera – includes ultrasonic sensors for both front and rear of vehicle

Pinch protection for front windows

Audi hill hold

Side intrusion protection, consisting of aluminum impact-absorbing beams; activation of the side thorax and head airbags by sensors in the doors, side-impact protection padding on doors

Driver and passenger knee airbags

 

Luxury and Entertainment

Bang & Olufsen® Sound System

Real-time traffic

Driver information system (DIS) with Lap-timer located within the instrument cluster

Bluetooth® mobile phone interface with safety belt microphone

6 disc CD changer

SIRIUS® Satellite Radio

Audi Magnetic Ride

Homelink® universal remote control