Very Interesting R8 Promotion

[onlygerman4me]

My wife visited the Audi store in San Diego yesterday and I learned some very interesting information about a promotion the dealership is doing with the sale of 2012 R8s. Long story short, with the purchase of an R8 from Hoehn Audi, they will send you to the Audi Driving Experience R8 Program to learn how to race your new race car. While we originally went in to get some information about the new Allroad that my wife is going to order, I am really thinking hard about the dealership's offer. Anyway, I just got a link to the promotion and wanted to pass it along - check out http://www.hoehnaudi.com/r8-experience.htm Does anyone know if you race the V8 or V10 version of the R8 at the Infineon Raceway?

[martinm1]

Originally Posted by onlygerman4me

My wife visited the Audi store in San Diego yesterday and I learned some very interesting information about a promotion the dealership is doing with the sale of 2012 R8s. Long story short, with the purchase of an R8 from Hoehn Audi, they will send you to the Audi Driving Experience R8 Program to learn how to race your new race car. While we originally went in to get some information about the new Allroad that my wife is going to order, I am really thinking hard about the dealership's offer. Anyway, I just got a link to the promotion and wanted to pass it along - check out http://www.hoehnaudi.com/r8-experience.htm

Does anyone know if you race the V8 or V10 version of the R8 at the Infineon Raceway?

Just got back from the program a few weeks ago. Most of the time is in the V8, but you get at least 2 x 15 min sessions in the V10. Almost everybody in our class actually preferred the V8. It sounds better, it handles better and if you are on a tight road course it is hard to feel the extra 95 hp even on the straights. Both are fabulous!

[Kilgore Trout]

Jaguar and some other brands have, or have had, similar deals. I think with Jag, if you buy one of their high performance "R" models, they send you to their driving school in Vegas. Not sure if they are still doing that, or was a limited time offer.

I think its a good idea. Especially for high performance cars, teaching the new owner how to properly handle the car seems to me to be a logical investment of time and money on the part of the manufacterer/dealer. Even for an experienced driver, every car has its quirks...