{"id":60081,"date":"2012-12-19T18:01:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T17:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=60081"},"modified":"2015-08-22T02:16:34","modified_gmt":"2015-08-22T00:16:34","slug":"how-to-sell-an-audi-r8-to-an-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2012\/12\/19\/how-to-sell-an-audi-r8-to-an-american\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Sell an Audi R8 to an American!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>V8 supercar? Two seats? Model? This advert has it all. Its a recipe for success if ever we saw one. We recently stumbled across this advert listed on <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ebaymotors\/2008-Audi-R8-SuperCharged-Coupe-2-Door-4-2L-\/170961396420?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&#038;hash=item27ce17e2c4#v4-43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebay<\/a> for a V8 Audi R8 in California. It certainly caught our attention.<\/p>\n<p>While the <a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/category\/car-news\/cars-and-girls\/\">Cars &#038; Girls<\/a> element is obvious, the car is less so. The advert title states that it is an Audi R8 GT, with a supercharger. Yet if we look at the text, it becomes obvious that this is a normally aspirated V8 car.<\/p>\n\r\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-6151-60081\">\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t<!-- Thumbnails -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-76904\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/audi-r8-for-sale\/t2ec16nwse9suwkdpbqz20hqggw60_3.jpg\" title=\" \" class=\"thickbox\" rel=\"set_6151\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"t2ec16nwse9suwkdpbqz20hqggw60_3\" alt=\"t2ec16nwse9suwkdpbqz20hqggw60_3\" src=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/audi-r8-for-sale\/thumbs\/thumbs_t2ec16nwse9suwkdpbqz20hqggw60_3.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"75\" \/>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n \t\t\r\n\t<div id=\"ngg-image-76902\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box\"  >\r\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\r\n\t\t\t<a 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Apparently it also features a custom exhaust system with straight through exhaust. The wing and carbon front splitter are supplied by PPI. Price? $130,000.<\/p>\n<p>Insert your own door test joke&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>V8 supercar? Two seats? Model? This advert has it all. Its a recipe for success if ever we saw one. We recently stumbled across this advert listed on Ebay for a V8 Audi R8 in California. It certainly caught our attention. While the Cars &#038; Girls element is obvious, the car is less so. 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