October 12, 2009The R8 Spyder: YES PLEASE

image via uncrate.com

I’ve been told that people in LA would sooner go into default on their mortgages than be seen around town in anything less than a hot car, but I don’t know if I really ever believed that until I was in LA a few weeks ago.  There are an inordinate number of fancy cars in that city.  And it’s really not like Miami where cars are seen as an opportunity to tastelessly display one’s money.  I would actually want to drive any one of the plethora of expensive cars I saw cruising on Melrose.

That said, the car I was most surprised to see in such abundance was the Audi R8 (a regular on this blog).  In Manhattan, I’ve seen two or three of these rare $120K+ supercars coursing through the city blocks over a very extended period of time (since I first became acquainted with the car during Superbowl XLII).  But in LA, they seemed to be everywhere (I could feel the silent “okay, enough already” vibes coming from Gabby, my traveling, partner after I pointed the 8th or 9th R8 out during the course of our trip).

Just as my enthusiasm for the R8 had begun to wane, my trip to LA served to get me revved about Audi’s super coupe all over again.  And then I read this on Uncrate a little while ago: “What do you add to the fastest, sexiest Audi ever made?  Open air.”

Um, hello.  What are my four favorite car things?  1) Luxurious/Tech-Savvy interior.  2) Speed.  3) German.  4) Convertible.  Check, check, check, and check.  The all new Audi R8 Spyder will feature a 5.2 liter V10 engine that will generate a whopping 525 horsepower (I don’t even know where I would be able to use all of that unless I was driving on the Autobahn).  Unfortunately it will also feature a price tag that’s beyond my reach, but maybe if I move to LA, that won’t stop me.