Number of 2008s made

[jet]

Is there anywhere to find out the actual number of 2008s produced? Also the actual number produced/sold in the US? I have not been able to find out.

[mdc]

I remembered the dealer told me it was 3K per yr, and about 900 for those came to to US. I later read or heard it somewhere that production was increased to 6K per yr. I have no idea how accurate are this info... so pls do not quote me. I wonder how many are heading to the US in 09?

[r8jon]

I believe they are currently shipping 29 per day for worldwide consumption - that's 7,540 per annum. About 10% of these land in the UK.

[jet]

Earlier the R8 register had all the numbers shiped to US and at last count that I saw for 2008, it was somewhere around 150-200 cars. I don't remember exact figures, but it was around this low, and I never saw the final 2008 figures. Also I have not seen anything on the 2009s. I would think these numbers are available from Audi America or somewhere. They certainly seem much lower than the estimated 900 cars speculated.

[gazza1]

Came across this stat the other day..apparently the total world wide

2,952 - R8's Built.

http://www.wheelsunplugged.com/ViewN...px?newsid=1646

[R84ME]

I just fired off a request to AoA Customer Care & will post their response.

[R84ME]

Per AOA, there were only 200 2008 R8s imported to the US. Still researching the estimated 2009 US allocation.

Here's an interesting fact - out of the 200 delivered, 37, 18% of them are for sale on cars.com! Cars listed on other sources probably bring this to 20-25%.

So, 1 out of 4 or 5 purchases appear to have been speculators or those crushed by the economic melt down?

[R8Taiwan]

Some are making a quick buck I see..... I wonder how many cars one of these 'car speculators' have on a list....?

If the list weren't cluttered with these, we might be getting cars faster.... Oh well...

[mdc]

Per AOA, there were only 200 2008 R8s imported to the US. Still researching the estimated 2009 US allocation.

Here's an interesting fact - out of the 200 delivered, 37, 18% of them are for sale on cars.com! Cars listed on other sources probably bring this to 20-25%.

So, 1 out of 4 or 5 purchases appear to have been speculators or those crushed by the economic melt down?

Only 200 in the US for 08? No wonder I only saw it twice on the road. I think “Making a quick bucks” program is ending soon.

[swansailor]

Only 200 in the US for 08? No wonder I only saw it twice on the road. I think “Making a quick bucks” program is ending soon.

This number is not correct. Per Audi US's own press release, up to October 1 2008 there had been 521 R8's sold in the USA. In 2007 there were between 200 and 250 sold.