Should Audi have made this?

@bretprins4792

2 ай бұрын

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.

@thedeerish

2 ай бұрын

They couldn’t have

@MLK_Sold_Black_america_out

2 ай бұрын

Yes

@STORM3SHADOW

2 ай бұрын

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.

@kingn8dagr8

2 ай бұрын

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 🤞🏻

@m0e87

2 ай бұрын

Wollte grad schreiben. Sehr nice!

@manfredhassler2716

2 ай бұрын

bei audi war der hobel ein ladenhueter ....abt hat etwas nachgeholfen. respekt!

@cexeodus

2 ай бұрын

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.

@slavplaysgames

2 ай бұрын

you guys are insane and legends ! cheers !

@TheStigsSimcousin

Ай бұрын

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...

@AndrewNobleOfficial

2 ай бұрын

The exact reason I bought one! I sometimes wear my iron man mask when I drive it 🤫🤣

@purwantiallan5089

2 ай бұрын

​@@AndrewNobleOfficialIron Man Mk. 46 mask?

@maskawathrasha8676

2 ай бұрын

Marketing

@bdz2152

2 ай бұрын

And meanwhile everyone else fell in love courtesy of iRobot. 🤖

@Shift4g

2 ай бұрын

@@bdz2152 The debut of the silhouette

This monster looks and sounds amazing! You wouldn’t need coffee in your coffee run

@TopGear

2 ай бұрын

Big question is would you take this to a drive thru...

@baoquoc3710

2 ай бұрын

I mean, the race sliding window alone is truly coffeeproof...

@Thorocious

2 ай бұрын

Comes with adrenaline built in

@purwantiallan5089

2 ай бұрын

​@@TopGearwell the Audi Abt XGT is basically RS5 DTM 2.0.

@slavplaysgames

2 ай бұрын

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!

@bernhardgessenharter7433

2 ай бұрын

Same

@simonasimak9523

2 ай бұрын

Lol, global recognition from ABT was years ago already. But they are awfull about design, they always fuck up everything

@RidgeF1Club

2 ай бұрын

⁠@@simonasimak9523what r you on about mate 😭

@simonasimak9523

2 ай бұрын

@@RidgeF1Club there are much better tuners out there, cheaper and provide more quality... If you like All Things Bullshit than go for it.

The Gumpert Apollo of R8s

@TheKrayze1

2 ай бұрын

This

3:43 The UI! Why can't all cabins have a simple, easy to use interface?

@purwantiallan5089

2 ай бұрын

The UI in the Abt XGT is very simple surprisingly.

@NikosPer

2 ай бұрын

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”

@toncheky

2 ай бұрын

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 best Audi of recent years. Good job ABT.

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...

Maybe audi didn't want to start taking lamborghini sales with that machine

@Gaindalf93

2 ай бұрын

That’s exactly the reason

@timonxDlol

2 ай бұрын

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.

@Mitchhhh

2 ай бұрын

It‘s vag as well At the end it makes no difference at all if audi sells the car or lamborghini

@Glock7eventeen

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@Mitchhhh

2 ай бұрын

@@Glock7eventeen thats why audi never sold the gt2 on their own

This is the type of vid I enjoy from top gear

6:47 abt solute monster

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!

@fazeobama8872

2 ай бұрын

bro my dogs morning barks are more coherent than that wall of text

@mukunddidwania7732

2 ай бұрын

@@fazeobama8872😂😂😂😂 brooo

6:03 the wing is moving around like its attached to a bird! Haha

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 😂

@ShannonSouthAfrica

9 күн бұрын

How can you drive a race car on the road?

The proportions remind me of the old 90s Quattro IMSA GTO’s. Love this so much

Looks ABTsolutely bonkers.

The most amazing thing it is registered in Germany. Crazy considering TÜV regulations.

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'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

It's absolutely mad, just ridiculous. No one needs something like this. I WANT it SO bad!

2:12 just point at it bro lol stomping on mans aero

@okthisisthelasttimeipromise

24 күн бұрын

Was looking for this comment 😆

This is way cooler than 98% of Lambos lineup

To bad R8 is gone, for me the best sports car ever❤❤❤. And ABT really knows their stuff

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.

I love it. ABT make the most gorgeous RS6 variants. Wish we had them here in the US.

Congrats to ABT! Amazing car/concept AND road-legal ❤

Wow. The new R8 has a beautiful shaped and curved body. Plus an amazing powered engine. Wow 👌 XGT PERFECTION

I Luv these type of Sportscars! Literally a racecar for the streets 😎

Love these videos

Beautiful machine

look mom, new dream car just dropped

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 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 INSANELY COOL machine!

Lower the center of density?! Nice!!! :)

What an ABT-solute monster of a car! 😍

Love this car 🇩🇪

Crazy audio sounds 😮

‘It’s a road car’ Which road? Wantage high street 😂😂

ABT did an amazing job , is what i will enjoy for sure with a VictorRacing active spoiler on the track

That noise! ❤‍🔥

@ThrottleHouse need this on the channel. Drag race perhaps👀

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

This would have been a great Top Gear review.

It looks awesome and is an ABTsolut monster :D

If i had money i’d give it to ABT for this beauty

This is what the Huracan STO thinks it is. This is on a another level.

The ultimate LAPD evasion vehicle 😉

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.

Extremely impressive

ABT have always been serious tuners!!!

6:01 I don't think a rear wing should be this unstable.

@cademckee7276

2 ай бұрын

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

@AndrewNobleOfficial

2 ай бұрын

I came for this comment. Wasn’t sure if I was the only one who noticed

@aseelhaque

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@ALMX5DP

2 ай бұрын

@@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.

@cademckee7276

2 ай бұрын

@@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've gotta 1:24 scale of an Audi that looks pretty similar...sick design. 😍

"This is an ABTsolute monster!" 😁

They should have teamed up with ABT to make their final edition like this

The sound still in my ears

Mat Armstrong's RS6's bigger brother nice

Clever if you think about it, they can now enter that "race car" in road car races.....😏

5:58 everyone likes a good v10 sound

This is the proper sendoff to the R8. You got it all wrong with the GT RWD, Audi.

It’s perfect, thoughts on a TT ABT XGT, can conservatively push 1200hp, definitely do 1500hp,1800hp-2000hp is extreme but possibility

The R8 GT3X vs 720GT3X would be an insane shootout.

Its a road car but its a race car but its a road car but its a race car.

Audi R8 ABT XGT I like this 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.

£600,000!

👌👍🤩..awesome looking beast!!👌......wouldn't want to see the insurance band for this!!😱😱🤣🤣🤣👍.....Best thing of all, " it's not friggin electric "!!!!...hooray!!!👍👍

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").

Oh no… the temptation.

Hello from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

@horschtiboy

2 ай бұрын

Hello Borat!

That's pretty damned good, I'll have 2

Bro I just saw one in Abuja last week

If walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and looks like a duck, it's not it's a pigeon

No Way this Spoiler get through a Police Controle .. never ever, i bet everything a have .. this is a straight STILLGELEGT !!

Dream car of the dream cars.

Love that car❤

Looks fantastic!

I feel like the vslue will sky rocket quick xD

The Audi Abt XGT is like combination of NSX GT500 and Audi RS5 DTM.

This honestly looks cool, but the huracan would be much more amazing like this!

They should have made it less track focused IMO, should be a sleeper and catch everyone off guard 🤔

Fantastic 🔥🙌🏻 Audi’s last R8 GT was never a good project, they just went in lazy mode

The rear wing flex @6:02 is mad, looks like it's made of cardboard 😮

@Satori-Automotive

2 ай бұрын

True thats weird

@Makrel94

2 ай бұрын

@@Satori-AutomotiveNot wierd.. They are made to flex, so they don’t shatter.

@Satori-Automotive

2 ай бұрын

of course but not to that extend while driving at low speeds. And especially not side to side like seen here. @@Makrel94

@ryangry_

2 ай бұрын

U haven't see f1 aero are ya? It supposed to be like that, higher spedd less drag

@adityaraghuvanshi3947

2 ай бұрын

@@Makrel94 shatter because of what? air?

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.

I am in awe

Was that his foot tapping the “flicks”……..

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.

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.

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.

That big wing and roof scoop make the car look shorter.

An ABTsolute monster!

seeing those paddle shifters hurt my eyes

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

how is it, directly compared with the Lamborghini STO? (concerning Lap Times for example)

Living in the uk must suck when you go to modify your car with how strict the restrictions are, id lose my mind

That wing was shakin an awful lot 😬

@rickrolled7930

2 ай бұрын

It's meant to flex like that

@adamcameron9029

2 ай бұрын

@@rickrolled7930 dude there’s flex and then there’s shaking….should not be moving laterally like that at low speeds

Nice but too expensive.

I cannot fathom how ABT made this thing get TÜV. How is this legal. That's insane.