Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI Arrived in Indonesia

PT Garuda Mataram Motor (GMM), the sole agent of the Audi in Indonesia seem to want to strengthen its presence in the premium car market for Indonesia. GMM will present one of the super-fast car that Audi R8 V10 Spyder in the homeland.

The Audi R8 Spyder will be on display at leading automotive exhibition in Indonesia, the Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2010 at the JI Expo Kemayoran, on July 2010. Not only are displayed, in conjunction with the appearance of the Audi R8 at IIMS 2010, PT GMM plans to start selling Audi R8 in the domestic automotive market.

"We're going to show off the Audi R8 V10 Spyder in IIMS. Not only be displayed but our immediate and direct selling can be obtained," said Wanny Bhakti, the Head of Public Relations Department GMM, Sunday (05/09/2010).

Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI quattro is the next variant of its top-of-the-line model. With the Audi R8, the brand has established itself at the forefront of high-end sports cars from the very start - and now comes the Audi R8 V10. Its 5.2-liter, ten-cylinder engine churns out 386 kW (525 hp) and 530 Nm (390.91 lb-ft) of torque, which makes for breathtaking performance. With superior Audi technologies such as quattro all-wheel drive, the lightweight aluminum body, the innovative all-LED headlights, and its striking design, the Audi R8 V10 takes pole position against the competition.

The V10 engine in the production sports car will be almost identical in construction to the one in the racing version. Its displacement is 5,204 cc, at 6,500 rpm it delivers 530 Nm (390.91 lb-ft) of torque, at 8,000 rpm its power tops out at 386 kW (525 hp).

The specific power output is 100.9 hp per liter of displacement - and each hp has to propel only 3.09 kilograms (6.91 lb) of weight, because the Audi R8 V10 in the version with the six-speed manual gearshift weighs only 1,620 kilograms (3571 lb). The engine accounts for 258 of these kilograms (569 lb) - that's only 31 kilos (68 lb) more than the V8.

The Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI quattro rockets from zero to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in 3.9 seconds. In the version with the sequentially shifting R tronic it reaches 200 km/h (124.27 mph) in another 8.1 seconds. Even then its propulsive power hardly lessens: it's sufficient to reach a top speed of 316 km/h (196.35 mph). The immense force, the spontaneity and the thrust of the acceleration, plus the sound of the engine - all these impressions coalesce into a breathtaking sports car experience. The V10 plays a concert with growling bass tones and powerful high notes, which grows into a grandiose fortissimo as the engine revs up. This sonorous acceleration doesn't reach its limit until 8,700 rpm.

The 5.2-liter powerplant uses direct injection according to the FSI principle developed by Audi. A common rail system injects the fuel into the combustion chambers with up to 120 bar of pressure. Direct injection reduces the susceptibility to knocking and provides a certain amount of cooling through the evaporation of the fuel, which in turn supports a high compression ratio of 12.5:1. This in turn contributes to superior performance and improves fuel economy. The Audi R8 V10 with R tronic gets by on an average of 13.7 liters per 100 km.

Although Audi has not announced the price of this new model for the Indonesian car market, but the mere comparison of the Audi R8 V10 prices in the United States market is USD 147,000 or approximately IDR 1.3 billion.

Then what the price of Audi R8 when it arrived in Indonesia?