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Valuation · Audi · Type 42 · 2007-15

Audi R8 quattro

4.2L NA V8 · 309 kW / 430 Nm · 6sp manual/R tronic · AWD
CONSIDERRated within the over $100k band · 68 of 104 at this money
Model value
$118,000
Must gain each year to break even
+7.2%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
58/100
Scored against the over $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Measured
Four or more recorded Australian sales
$118,000
$100,042 lowhigh $136,093
Calibrated to recorded sales
Five Australian sales. Later S-tronic and manual cars $128,500-$135,000; two pre-facelift R-tronic cars, $86,000 in 2025 and $80,500 in 2026

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Should make, typical example
$118,000
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Price history

Today $118,000 · modelled median at five years $119,870
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $109,440 to $128,403
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($100,042 to $136,093). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.

The verdict

A defensible case with reservations. Scores 58/100, ranking 68 of 104 in the over $100k band. Ownership economics is the strongest input, scarcity the weakest.
Running it costs about $8,150 a year (6.9% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $9,260 a year.
The model's five year median is $119,870, a +1.6% move, with the tenth percentile at $100,042.
Value calibrated to recorded sales.
Evidence
Measured5 recorded sales
Off its peak
-8%
Value band
tight
Multiple recorded transactions plus an aggregate source. Treat the level as reliable.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$9,260 a year all in, +1.6% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$118,000

Recorded sales

Every recorded observation, and when
6 rows on record
$143k$108k$73k
20252026
the value this record published, year by yearnow $118kwhat the model expects across 38k–65k kmsolddid not sell
Every row, with its price and note (6) ↓
Library value against the sold record
5 sales · median $128,500
Value $118,000
$80,500$135,000
Sep 2026Collecting Cars$80,500Sold
SOLD. 21 Sep 2026, Sydney NSW, 65,318km indicated and not warranted, 2008 4.2 V8 with the R-TRONIC single-clutch automated manual, Australian-market. SUPERCHARGER conversion. White over red leather, black 19-inch wheels, personalised plate R8IT. No service history stated in the advertisement. The second pre-facelift R-tronic car in this record, 6.4 per cent under the first on 27,118 more kilometres
Jun 2026Donington Auctions$120,000Not a sale
NOT A SALE. A 2008 V8 passed in at a $120,000-$140,000 estimate. The most recent Australian evidence for the model and the only lot on record
Sep 2025Collecting Cars$128,500Sold
SOLD. 18 Sep 2025, Glenhaven NSW, 45,456km, 2012 4.2 V8 with the OPEN-GATE SIX-SPEED MANUAL, Australian-market, second owner for 11 years. PES SUPERCHARGER fitted, AccuAir air suspension, facelift-style rear lights, aftermarket splitter and diffuser. Seven dated services from a 2012 PDI
Sep 2025Collecting Cars$86,000Sold
SOLD. 29 Sep 2025, West Ballina NSW, approx 38,200km, 2007 4.2 V8 with the R-TRONIC single-clutch automated manual - the early gearbox. Original Australian-market car complied Oct 2007, second private owner, Daytona Grey, nine dated services from a 2009 PDI. THE FEWEST KILOMETRES IN THE SET AND, UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2026, THE CHEAPEST BY A THIRD, which is the generation and the gearbox rather than the car
Mar 2025Collecting Cars$130,000Sold
SOLD. 27 Mar 2025, Kenthurst NSW, 44,963km, 2013 4.2 V8 S-TRONIC, three years with the seller. Phantom Black, carbon blades. MODIFIED: custom cat-back exhaust, 20-inch Rohana wheels, adjustable coilovers, tinted windows. Serviced Feb 2025 at 44,909km
Jun 2024Collecting Cars$135,000Sold
SOLD. 28 Jun 2024, Pascoevale VIC, 52,631km, 2014 model year complied Oct 2013, 4.2 V8 with the S-TRONIC dual-clutch. White with carbon side blades, six dated services from 4,505km in 2014. The dearest of the four
5 completed Australian sales of 6 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.

Published calls on this car

1 call on this model has been published and settled, and graded against what the car actually made.

Line ball2026-09-14
Sold $80,500 at Sydney, New South Wales, inside its band. The call was 6.2 per cent low.
Called
$75,500
made $80,500 (+6.2%)

Score breakdown

Against the over $100k band median
104 cars in band · ink tick marks the median
Ownership economics30% of total
66/100-3
Scarcity25% of total
42/100-23
Demand durability20% of total
58/100-20
Liquidity15% of total
60/100+28
Risk resilience10% of total
66/100+32
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 58/100. Medians are computed live from the 104 cars currently in the over $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
66/100
Baseline80 pts
− 6.9% of value a year to run-14 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)66 pts
Scarcity25% weight
42/100
Baseline34 pts
+ 480 estimated AU survivors, manual cars a minority+8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)42 pts
Demand durability20% weight
58/100
Baseline44 pts
+ Widely regarded as the most usable everyday supercar of its era+14 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)58 pts
Liquidity15% weight
60/100
Baseline44 pts
+ Deep, active market, 36 days on market+16 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)60 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
66/100
Baseline56 pts
+ V8 and AWD driveline exceptionally well proven, low failure rate+10 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)66 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.

What it costs to own · about 3,000 km a year

Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$8,150a year
Share of value per year
6.9%
Scheduled servicing$2,10026%
Tyres, annualised$1,45018%
Registration and CTP$80010%
Insurance$2,10026%
Sinking fund (failure table)$1,70021%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$122,720
Running costs × 5 years$40,750
Median exit, net of selling cost$117,170
All-in annualised over 5 years$9,260/yr
Share of value per year7.8%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
7.2%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
+0.3%a year
The projection falls 6.9 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$118,000
Stamp duty$4,720
Running costs x 5 years$40,750
Selling cost at exit, 2.3% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$167,298
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.

Specification

Engine4.2L NA V8
Power / torque309 kW / 430 Nm
0-100 km/h4.6 s
Transmission6sp manual/R tronic
DriveAWD
Kerb weight1,560 kg
Built worldwide12,000
Delivered to Australia620
Effective AU survivors480
Australian sales / year38
Typical days on market36 days
Launch price$270,500

What moves the price on this model

Colour hierarchy
Suzuka Grey+2%
Brilliant Red+2%
Phantom Black0%
Options
Gated six-speed manual+30%
Carbon sideblades+2%
Magnetic ride+1%
Odometer sensitivity±1.3% per 10,000 km vs 45,000 km
Applied on top of these

Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.

Projected value in five years

Projected value at five years
$119,870
+1.6% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $118,000.
Even odds it lands between $109,440 and $128,403.
$100,042 lowhigh $136,093
The shaded range is even money and 17% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A weaker five year outlook than 59% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: +$1,870 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $40,750.
Duty and expected selling costs: $7,420.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $46,300, or $9,260 a year.
The projected value rise offsets part of the running cost. It does not make the car free to own.

The case for and against

The case for

Widely regarded as the most usable everyday supercar of its era, with genuine daily drivability and a service network shared with regular Audi dealers. The naturally aspirated V8 and AWD driveline are exceptionally well proven, and the market is deep at 36 days on market.

The case against

At an estimated 480 AU survivors it is not scarce, and the R tronic single-clutch automated manual, the majority of the fleet, feels dated next to modern dual-clutch alternatives. It has not developed the collector momentum of its Italian mid-engine rivals. A 2008 car failed to sell at a $120,000 low estimate in June 2026 and a 2008 R-tronic car sold for $80,500 in September 2026, and both argue against the level this entry carries for an early car.

Known faults and risks

Risk 1R tronic clutch actuator wear (automated manual cars)
Risk 2Magnetic Ride suspension component age-related wear
Risk 3Verifying genuine service history
R tronic actuator service$2,800
Clutch replacement (manual)$3,200
Magnetic Ride shock replacement$1,800

Similar cars, and what they cost to run

Evidence behind this valueMeasured · 5 recorded sales
Carried value
$118,000
Historical price
2016 · $105,0002026 · $118,000
Measured
Multiple recorded transactions plus an aggregate source. Treat the level as reliable.
September 2026, a second pre-facelift r-tronic car, and it lands beside the first

A 2008 R-tronic car made $80,500 at Sydney on 21 September: white over red, 65,318 kilometres indicated and not warranted, carrying a supercharger conversion, with no service history stated in the advertisement. The West Ballina car of September 2025 made $86,000 on 38,200 kilometres with nine dated services and nothing fitted. Carried to 45,000 kilometres on this record's coefficient they are $85,200 and $82,300, under four per cent apart, so the early car now has a line of two and the split this entry asks for below is better supported than it was.

Read the rest of the evidence notes (7 more)
The carried value does not move

$118,000 is a blend of two markets, and moving it on a result from the cheaper one would leave it describing neither. Until the record is split, read a pre-facelift R-tronic car at about $82,000 to $85,000 at 45,000 kilometres on these two results.

The call on this lot

Was $75,500, published on 14 September, and it graded line ball at 6.2 per cent low. The comparable it was built on carried the car to $83,300 before any judgement; the room took about 3 of the 9 points this desk took for the supercharger and the missing history. See DECISIONS.md D95.

When this record held four sales, distance correlated with price at plus 0.86 - which is impossible as a real effect and is the point of this entry

More kilometres, more money, on four cars. That is not a market behaviour, it is a confound: the cheapest car in the set is also the one with the fewest kilometres, because it is the OLDEST. Date and distance correlate at minus 0.87 here, so nothing in this sample can be separated from anything else and NO FIT IS ATTEMPTED.

What the four actually say is that the gearbox and the generation split this record in two

Three later cars: $135,000 in June 2024 for a 2013 S-tronic at 52,631 kilometres, $130,000 in March 2025 for a modified 2013 at 44,963, and $128,500 in September 2025 for a 2012 SUPERCHARGED MANUAL at 45,456. Against them, $86,000 in September 2025 for a 2007 car with the R-TRONIC single-clutch automated manual at 38,200 kilometres - Australian-delivered, second owner, nine dated services, and no defect that explains the gap.

The early r-tronic car is worth about a third less than a later s-tronic one

That is consistent with the pass-in already on this record: a 2008 V8 failed at a $120,000 to $140,000 estimate in June 2026, and on this evidence a 2008 R-Tronic car was never going to reach $120,000.

The value moves $112,000 to $118,000

- the blend of three later cars and one early one, which is what this record currently describes.

This entry should be split

At the 2012 facelift, because a single number cannot represent a $86,000 car and a $135,000 car that share a model name. Expected distance also moves from 100,000 kilometres to 45,000, where these cars actually sit.

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