Should Audi have made another (lame) hyper exclusive car that nobody would be able to aquire because it would be impossible to buy? No... Let a shop create it so the people who actually want to drive it, can convert it themselves.
Yup, but they dropped the ball and gave us that Audisport parts bin "special" they call the GT RWD. What a disappointment. ABT did what Lambo did with the Huracan STO. And we know how well received that was.
bro thank you for building exactly the spec i made my r8 on Forza Horizon 4 and 5 lol These are my favorite car already and yall just went and made it better. The cherry on top would be to see it with my holographic Matrix/metaCORTEX race livery IRL.
There’s alot of people saying they don’t understand this car or it’s pointless, but there’s a very good and simple reason why this car exists and people would buy it……..it’s just because you can, simple as that. One could ask why, I would reply “why not”
I don't understand why people still have that mindset, especially any car enthusiast. It's been long known that with cool cars it's not about what's needed and what's sensible...
I love a reviewer who can drive. This guy submerges me into the experience which is really lovely. He pretty much feels the car as he drives it, unlike other reviews, where we are treated to just the exteriors of a marque in a parking lot. Much Love to You Guys...
No Audi simply couldn‘t have built this legally. In the EU car makers have totally different rules depending on if they build more or less than 10.000 cars a year. That is why a Lamborghini Huracan is allowed to be much louder, have more emissions etc. than an R8. This right here could only be built, because it‘s not an official Audi, but an ABT who also are handled as a small manufacturer just like Lambo. Audi would not have legally been allowed to produce and sell this thing. That‘s also why the Aston Valkyrie is so much more extreme than an AMG One - they have totally different rules. Mercedes could not have legally produced the Valkyrie.
@@Mitchhhhit does make a difference. Audi is supposed to be a consumer brand, meant for average civilians. Lamborghini is meant for the rich and famous. If they let Audi steal customers from Lamborghini, the entire Lamborghini brand be in trouble, they already have to rival Ferrari, McLaren and many other super car manufacturers. It’s the same exact reason why they make the Porsche Taycan faster than the Audi Etron despite both being built on the exact same platform. You think Audi doesn’t have the engineers to keep up the performance? Of course they do, Volkswagen just won’t let them.
R8 XGT is very underrated, cuz they're not sale ofc but ABT does it, they don't want this masterpiece to destroy the Lamborghini Huracan market and become their competition, that's why, and ABT is the biggest fan of the audi R8 series and also i love ABT is taking this opportunity to keep the Audi R8 alive on the road with a car that can compete with the Huracan STO and 911 GT3 RS. We need XGT, STO, and GT3 RS in drag races and Nuburgring/Mugello/Lemans/Spa-Francorchamps lap records. that will be insane!
Only small production run manufacturers can homologate cars like this for road use. Big manufacturers like Audi or Mercedes are held to a higher standard by the authorities, meaning Audi couldn't ever road homologate the R8 gt2
I'd have one for sure (the huge $$$ notwithstanding)... but I'd take it with a set of Michelin PS2 (not the R version either!) to make it much better in the wet, not to mention a lot better tread life. One other change I'd make - I'd want both the actual carbon 'flat' on that wing and the stanchions supporting it much much stiffer, up to 2x as stiff as they are now! You can see how light n' flimsy they are currently, flapping around over bumps, etc
I think Audi should have kept the V8 version of the R8 and used the V10 as a special model. Audi had a hard hitting Twin Turbo V8 that would have been better in that platform than the sedan’s they were in. Everyone is simply putting turbos on the V10 anyway. The car could’ve remained fairly affordable which it was when it was released.
It's for someone who wants to relive the glory days of motor-racing when you could drive your racer to the track, compete - and hopefully win - and then drive home again.
I'm pretty sure the hatch in the roof, even on the race car, is not designed for the driver to get out. It's there so marshals or paramedics can reach into the car more easily and help with driver extraction. But the driver always has to get out through the door opening.
The unstablity in side to side is generally fine. The race cars are the same and they last for 24hrs at the Nurburgring over jumps and bumps etc. It only matters when the wing starts to move up and down as well
@@cademckee7276 Broo, I'm not talking about the detriments of aerodynamic efficiency caused by the moving wing, it was more of a pedestrian safety or rather build quality issue.
@@aseelhaque they didnt mention aerodynamic efficiency, merely that it's able to stand up to the rigors of endurance racing. I think ABT knows how to build a wing so I dont think some wiggle is indicative of any build quality concerns at all, especially given what this vehicle is built for. When towing my car, I also see the (very sturdy) wing wobble a bit side to side.
@@aseelhaque It’s not build quality. It’s just inherent when you put a wing on a mount up that high and the wing is adjustable there there will be some slight side to side wobble unless they go overkill and run tensioned wires between the wing supports which I’m 90% sure wouldn’t pass safety inspections for pedestrians anyway
I don't know the history of F1 but Why isn't these other brands like audio, bmw or lambo in F1? They should remove the 4 last place cars and add these.
When the Audi R8 GT was unveiled to be the last R8, I was a bit underwhelmed. I thought they should've ended it on a bigger bang, something more like the XGT.
I'm a little surprised at how low the price is. For the buyers that this is aimed at, it's a deal. A lot of these limited run race/street cars are $2 million and from a brand that may not be around in a year. No worries about Abt and Audi.
Love this! 9:50 Correction: Audi did make lightened versions in the Gen1: the original R8 GT. Just not for the second gen (the latest "GT" didn't scratch the surface of the changes of the original GT so can't really be considered "lightened").
The reality is that unlike most competition, Audi has Lamborghinis for this kind of madness, the R8 is a baby supercar in its large family not a top dog.
I live in Ingolstadt and over the years Audi has become more and more Vanilla. Saw a beautiful red original Audi Quattro the other day. No more 5 cylinder either. No fun.
Sadly not legal on public roads in the USA and 19/20's vs 18's wasn't done to look proper, road legal tyres in the desired dimensions are for 19/20 wheels.
I love it and id take it over most modern sports cars and even hyper cars, its just too cool...its not going to be cheap i reckon, hes not said the price yet, unfortunately here in the UK they are super strict and i doubt they would let you import it and register it for British roads, maybe if they stripped some of the aero, that cabin is fire though
👌👍🤩..awesome looking beast!!👌......wouldn't want to see the insurance band for this!!😱😱🤣🤣🤣👍.....Best thing of all, " it's not friggin electric "!!!!...hooray!!!👍👍
I don’t think the reception would be the same if sold by Audi it’s 600k no one thinks of Audi when they hear that number for a road car they think Ferrari Lamborghini McLaren etc but ABT have enough of a reputation to put them in the mix for those that want a alternative
isnt that wing inefficent in terms os design? i mean you use swan neck type of wing because its the lower part of the wing that truly produces downforce, but this one its like a swan neck thats comes from the lower part of the wing.
That's just a bit sad, because you could never get any of that approved by TÜV as a normal person. It just shows that there's a different set of rules when you are really rich.
Should Audi have made this?
Should Audi have made another (lame) hyper exclusive car that nobody would be able to aquire because it would be impossible to buy? No... Let a shop create it so the people who actually want to drive it, can convert it themselves.
They couldn’t have
Yes
Yup, but they dropped the ball and gave us that Audisport parts bin "special" they call the GT RWD. What a disappointment. ABT did what Lambo did with the Huracan STO. And we know how well received that was.
yes. this would've been their STO version of the R8. Better than that R8 GT they released...
Great video. Thanks for joining us on Mallorca 🤞🏻
Wollte grad schreiben. Sehr nice!
bei audi war der hobel ein ladenhueter ....abt hat etwas nachgeholfen. respekt!
bro thank you for building exactly the spec i made my r8 on Forza Horizon 4 and 5 lol
These are my favorite car already and yall just went and made it better. The cherry on top would be to see it with my holographic Matrix/metaCORTEX race livery IRL.
you guys are insane and legends ! cheers !
Audi shoud've made a TDI R8 too tho
I still remember when i saw (Rdj)tony stark driving an R8 in Iron Man, fell in love with the car then and there...
The exact reason I bought one! I sometimes wear my iron man mask when I drive it 🤫🤣
@@AndrewNobleOfficialIron Man Mk. 46 mask?
Marketing
And meanwhile everyone else fell in love courtesy of iRobot. 🤖
@@bDz416 The debut of the silhouette
This monster looks and sounds amazing! You wouldn’t need coffee in your coffee run
Big question is would you take this to a drive thru...
I mean, the race sliding window alone is truly coffeeproof...
Comes with adrenaline built in
@@TopGearwell the Audi Abt XGT is basically RS5 DTM 2.0.
what ? its literally an r8 gt2 .. did you even watch the video bozo wtf ? @@purwantiallan5089
Proud to see that beast manufactured just 15 minutes away from where I live! Great job ABT, congrats on the global recognition!
Same
Lol, global recognition from ABT was years ago already.
But they are awfull about design, they always fuck up everything
@@simonasimak9523what r you on about mate 😭
@@RidgeF1Club there are much better tuners out there, cheaper and provide more quality...
If you like All Things Bullshit than go for it.
3:43 The UI! Why can't all cabins have a simple, easy to use interface?
The UI in the Abt XGT is very simple surprisingly.
and a driver centric essence without much fuss and ugly big screens
There’s alot of people saying they don’t understand this car or it’s pointless, but there’s a very good and simple reason why this car exists and people would buy it……..it’s just because you can, simple as that. One could ask why, I would reply “why not”
I don't understand why people still have that mindset, especially any car enthusiast. It's been long known that with cool cars it's not about what's needed and what's sensible...
The Gumpert Apollo of R8s
This
I love a reviewer who can drive. This guy submerges me into the experience which is really lovely. He pretty much feels the car as he drives it, unlike other reviews, where we are treated to just the exteriors of a marque in a parking lot. Much Love to You Guys...
6:03 the wing is moving around like its attached to a bird! Haha
The best Audi of recent years. Good job ABT.
Maybe audi didn't want to start taking lamborghini sales with that machine
That’s exactly the reason
No Audi simply couldn‘t have built this legally. In the EU car makers have totally different rules depending on if they build more or less than 10.000 cars a year. That is why a Lamborghini Huracan is allowed to be much louder, have more emissions etc. than an R8.
This right here could only be built, because it‘s not an official Audi, but an ABT who also are handled as a small manufacturer just like Lambo. Audi would not have legally been allowed to produce and sell this thing.
That‘s also why the Aston Valkyrie is so much more extreme than an AMG One - they have totally different rules. Mercedes could not have legally produced the Valkyrie.
It‘s vag as well
At the end it makes no difference at all if audi sells the car or lamborghini
@@Mitchhhhit does make a difference. Audi is supposed to be a consumer brand, meant for average civilians. Lamborghini is meant for the rich and famous. If they let Audi steal customers from Lamborghini, the entire Lamborghini brand be in trouble, they already have to rival Ferrari, McLaren and many other super car manufacturers. It’s the same exact reason why they make the Porsche Taycan faster than the Audi Etron despite both being built on the exact same platform. You think Audi doesn’t have the engineers to keep up the performance? Of course they do, Volkswagen just won’t let them.
@@Glock7eventeen thats why audi never sold the gt2 on their own
R8 XGT is very underrated, cuz they're not sale ofc but ABT does it, they don't want this masterpiece to destroy the Lamborghini Huracan market and become their competition, that's why, and ABT is the biggest fan of the audi R8 series and also i love ABT is taking this opportunity to keep the Audi R8 alive on the road with a car that can compete with the Huracan STO and 911 GT3 RS. We need XGT, STO, and GT3 RS in drag races and Nuburgring/Mugello/Lemans/Spa-Francorchamps lap records. that will be insane!
bro my dogs morning barks are more coherent than that wall of text
@@fazeobama8872😂😂😂😂 brooo
Only small production run manufacturers can homologate cars like this for road use. Big manufacturers like Audi or Mercedes are held to a higher standard by the authorities, meaning Audi couldn't ever road homologate the R8 gt2
This is the type of vid I enjoy from top gear
6:47 abt solute monster
The proportions remind me of the old 90s Quattro IMSA GTO’s. Love this so much
The most amazing thing it is registered in Germany. Crazy considering TÜV regulations.
Looks ABTsolutely bonkers.
I'd have one for sure (the huge $$$ notwithstanding)... but I'd take it with a set of Michelin PS2 (not the R version either!) to make it much better in the wet, not to mention a lot better tread life. One other change I'd make - I'd want both the actual carbon 'flat' on that wing and the stanchions supporting it much much stiffer, up to 2x as stiff as they are now! You can see how light n' flimsy they are currently, flapping around over bumps, etc
You can drive a racing car on the road but if you want to wash it yourself, you can't, it's illegal. Welcome to Germany 😂
How can you drive a race car on the road?
It's absolutely mad, just ridiculous. No one needs something like this. I WANT it SO bad!
To bad R8 is gone, for me the best sports car ever❤❤❤. And ABT really knows their stuff
That's a proper track weapon. Those fins on top of the front wheel arches look pretty cool and also probably provide cooling. Sonic Hedgehog style
I think Audi should have kept the V8 version of the R8 and used the V10 as a special model. Audi had a hard hitting Twin Turbo V8 that would have been better in that platform than the sedan’s they were in. Everyone is simply putting turbos on the V10 anyway. The car could’ve remained fairly affordable which it was when it was released.
This is what the Huracan STO thinks it is. This is on a another level.
2:12 just point at it bro lol stomping on mans aero
Was looking for this comment 😆
This is way cooler than 98% of Lambos lineup
It's for someone who wants to relive the glory days of motor-racing when you could drive your racer to the track, compete - and hopefully win - and then drive home again.
Love this car 🇩🇪
Wow. The new R8 has a beautiful shaped and curved body. Plus an amazing powered engine. Wow 👌 XGT PERFECTION
If walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's not it's a pigeon
Man, I wish this was sold in the states. I would buy this over anything else under any price besides maybe an f1 lm or a GM t50
I love it. ABT make the most gorgeous RS6 variants. Wish we had them here in the US.
I'm pretty sure the hatch in the roof, even on the race car, is not designed for the driver to get out. It's there so marshals or paramedics can reach into the car more easily and help with driver extraction. But the driver always has to get out through the door opening.
It’s perfect, thoughts on a TT ABT XGT, can conservatively push 1200hp, definitely do 1500hp,1800hp-2000hp is extreme but possibility
Thats a damn good price for a proper sports car. Thats what sports cars were supossed to be from the begining
ABT did an amazing job , is what i will enjoy for sure with a VictorRacing active spoiler on the track
look mom, new dream car just dropped
They should have teamed up with ABT to make their final edition like this
6:01 I don't think a rear wing should be this unstable.
The unstablity in side to side is generally fine. The race cars are the same and they last for 24hrs at the Nurburgring over jumps and bumps etc. It only matters when the wing starts to move up and down as well
I came for this comment. Wasn’t sure if I was the only one who noticed
@@cademckee7276 Broo, I'm not talking about the detriments of aerodynamic efficiency caused by the moving wing, it was more of a pedestrian safety or rather build quality issue.
@@aseelhaque they didnt mention aerodynamic efficiency, merely that it's able to stand up to the rigors of endurance racing. I think ABT knows how to build a wing so I dont think some wiggle is indicative of any build quality concerns at all, especially given what this vehicle is built for. When towing my car, I also see the (very sturdy) wing wobble a bit side to side.
@@aseelhaque It’s not build quality. It’s just inherent when you put a wing on a mount up that high and the wing is adjustable there there will be some slight side to side wobble unless they go overkill and run tensioned wires between the wing supports which I’m 90% sure wouldn’t pass safety inspections for pedestrians anyway
*It's not that Audi didn't "have the guts" to do it. It was about not showing up and stepping on Porsche's toes!* 🙄
I don't know the history of F1 but Why isn't these other brands like audio, bmw or lambo in F1? They should remove the 4 last place cars and add these.
I believe this is the homologation car for the R8 gt2. Similar to the ktm gtx that recently came out. Gt2 has made some great homologation specials.
What an ABT-solute monster of a car! 😍
When the Audi R8 GT was unveiled to be the last R8, I was a bit underwhelmed. I thought they should've ended it on a bigger bang, something more like the XGT.
This would have been a great Top Gear review.
youve gone from jeremy clarkson , to someones weird uncle. well done topgear
I'm a little surprised at how low the price is. For the buyers that this is aimed at, it's a deal. A lot of these limited run race/street cars are $2 million and from a brand that may not be around in a year. No worries about Abt and Audi.
Its a road car but its a race car but its a road car but its a race car.
Love this!
9:50 Correction: Audi did make lightened versions in the Gen1: the original R8 GT. Just not for the second gen (the latest "GT" didn't scratch the surface of the changes of the original GT so can't really be considered "lightened").
R8’s with the V8’s in my own opinion sounds better! I currently own two 2015’s one a manual and the other an auto which is my daily.
ABT have always been serious tuners!!!
It's what the new final AUDI R8 GT should have been. Audi missed out! If it was not for companies like ABT we would have missed out.
Living in the uk must suck when you go to modify your car with how strict the restrictions are, id lose my mind
If i had money i’d give it to ABT for this beauty
5:58 everyone likes a good v10 sound
Mat Armstrong's RS6's bigger brother nice
This is the proper sendoff to the R8. You got it all wrong with the GT RWD, Audi.
The reality is that unlike most competition, Audi has Lamborghinis for this kind of madness, the R8 is a baby supercar in its large family not a top dog.
Clever if you think about it, they can now enter that "race car" in road car races.....😏
No Way this Spoiler get through a Police Controle .. never ever, i bet everything a have .. this is a straight STILLGELEGT !!
‘It’s a road car’
Which road? Wantage high street 😂😂
I Luv these type of Sportscars! Literally a racecar for the streets 😎
The ultimate LAPD evasion vehicle 😉
£600,000!
I've gotta 1:24 scale of an Audi that looks pretty similar...sick design. 😍
The R8 GT3X vs 720GT3X would be an insane shootout.
Dream car of the dream cars.
What an INSANELY COOL machine!
That big wing and roof scoop make the car look shorter.
I live in Ingolstadt and over the years Audi has become more and more Vanilla. Saw a beautiful red original Audi Quattro the other day. No more 5 cylinder either. No fun.
Congrats to ABT! Amazing car/concept AND road-legal ❤
Sadly not legal on public roads in the USA and 19/20's vs 18's wasn't done to look proper, road legal tyres in the desired dimensions are for 19/20 wheels.
The Audi Abt XGT is like combination of NSX GT500 and Audi RS5 DTM.
I get what you're saying. I think that particular car is a bit wild to be honest but a Performante version of the R8 would have been well received
I feel like the vslue will sky rocket quick xD
I love it and id take it over most modern sports cars and even hyper cars, its just too cool...its not going to be cheap i reckon, hes not said the price yet, unfortunately here in the UK they are super strict and i doubt they would let you import it and register it for British roads, maybe if they stripped some of the aero, that cabin is fire though
The rear wing flex @6:02 is mad, looks like it's made of cardboard 😮
True thats weird
@@Satori-AutomotiveNot wierd.. They are made to flex, so they don’t shatter.
of course but not to that extend while driving at low speeds. And especially not side to side like seen here.
@@Makrel94
U haven't see f1 aero are ya? It supposed to be like that, higher spedd less drag
@@Makrel94 shatter because of what? air?
I cannot fathom how ABT made this thing get TÜV. How is this legal. That's insane.
Rear wing support arms are too weak. You can see the wing is wiggle around.
Fantastic 🔥🙌🏻 Audi’s last R8 GT was never a good project, they just went in lazy mode
It is a racing car just with some added features to make it street legal
👌👍🤩..awesome looking beast!!👌......wouldn't want to see the insurance band for this!!😱😱🤣🤣🤣👍.....Best thing of all, " it's not friggin electric "!!!!...hooray!!!👍👍
Nice but too expensive.
They should have made it less track focused IMO, should be a sleeper and catch everyone off guard 🤔
Audi R8 ABT XGT I like this car😍
There are custom R8’s that are twice as fast as this, but yeah they are not being mass produced and sold like this one is.
@ThrottleHouse need this on the channel. Drag race perhaps👀
😒Don't forget there's people out here that make 2000horse power R8's
Did anybody else noticed the wing shaking like crazy at 6:00 minute
I don’t think the reception would be the same if sold by Audi it’s 600k no one thinks of Audi when they hear that number for a road car they think Ferrari Lamborghini McLaren etc but ABT have enough of a reputation to put them in the mix for those that want a alternative
I will try to convince my gf to modify her r8 to this car . Hopefully 🤞 she will agree 😂.
This honestly looks cool, but the huracan would be much more amazing like this!
It's probably too expensive but I am sure it's value will only increase through time.
Awesome machine but black? Yuk. Would love to see all the curves and angles. Black has been done to death.
isnt that wing inefficent in terms os design? i mean you use swan neck type of wing because its the lower part of the wing that truly produces downforce, but this one its like a swan neck thats comes from the lower part of the wing.
Oh no… the temptation.
Beautiful machine
seeing those paddle shifters hurt my eyes
That's just a bit sad, because you could never get any of that approved by TÜV as a normal person.
It just shows that there's a different set of rules when you are really rich.