The Audi R8 RWS offers a different flavor of fun
The Audi R8 has been a staple of the supercar landscape for quite some time. The Quattro four-wheel-drive system made it the all-weather supercar. Now there's a Rear-wheel-driver version. Will this add something the R8 has been missing or does the R8 RWS leave out the key ingredient that made the Quattro version so good?
Audi R8 RWS, short for rear-wheel-series, is the first rear-wheel-drive Audi in a very long time.
There's almost nothing on the outside to hint at the fact that this is not a Quattro Audi R8.
The R8 RWS has the same naturally aspirated V10 as its sibling.
That engine still sounds phenomenal too.
The current Quattro R8 feels rear-biased most of the time, so in normal driving conditions you won't notice a difference.
push it past the limit of grip though and the difference in having two fewer spinning wheels becomes apparent.
Some say that rear-wheel-drive makes the R8 RWS more a car for purists.
It certainly adds a new dimension to driving the R8. It's not necessarily better, just different.
Only 999 examples of the R8 RWS will be made.