Audi R8 LMS GT2 Color Edition Launches as Splashy $422,000 Racing Car

Audi R8 LMS GT2 Color Edition Launches as Splashy $422,000 Racing Car

It is almost impossible to choose a favorite.

Audi Sport’s R8 LMS GT2 is at the top of Audi Sport’s race car lineup. It sits above other racers like the R8 LMS GT4 or the new entry-level LMS. It’s no surprise that a flagship vehicle deserves attractive paint schemes. The Audi Exclusive personalization program now includes the track-only V10 model.

You can choose from six different attractive colors for the new Color Edition. R8 LMS GT2 Tactical Green and Sebring Black. The paints are applied to CFRP bodies, while the upper sections are finished in black, regardless of main color.

Sebring Black is the most intimidating of the sextuplets, but we’d still choose Tactical Green to be our favorite color. All cars feature copper wheels and black wings, with Audi Sport lettering in red-and-white Four Rings on the endplates. To make this car, which is undoubtedly one of our most desirable modern race cars, the canards, mirrors and roof scoop are also finished in black.

The Audi R8 LMS GT2 is powered by a naturally aspirated V10 engine of 5.2-liters. It has 630 horsepower (470kilowatts) with over 550 Newton-meters (404 pound-feet). The Audi R8 LMS GT2 is heavily inspired by the facelifted roadcar, but it’s significantly lighter at 2,976 pounds (1.350 kilograms) when you add fluids. The glorious free-breathing engine transmits power to the rear axle in a manner similar to the .

Audi had set a starting price for the R8 LMS GT2 nearly two years ago (before taxes) The Color Edition, which is priced at an outrageous EUR349,000 (or $422,000 at current exchange rates), is more expensive.