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Its nearly Christmas time and everyone is looking for those last minute bargains - but what if I said you could get an Audi R8 for just £45, the only drawback being that you will never fit in it because this particular model is 1/18 of the size of the regular R8 and won't go any further than your mantle piece. But hey!! Surely you could find something to do with the £78,150 you will be saving.

Great care has been taken to ensure the model accurate to the original right down to the windscreen wiper details. Only available from UK dealers, Audi are taking orders for the R8 model now.

Press Release

You don’t have to be excessively extravagant to give a little piece of Vorsprung durch Technik this Christmas. This R8 sports car, configured specifically with stockings in mind, has been designed to make a reassuringly modest dent in the festive budget – at £45 it represents a saving of exactly £78,150 over the standard R8.

The rare and highly sought-after Audi sports car of the moment has been immortalised in zinc in 1:18 scale, enabling its fans to bypass the current twelve month waiting list for a full-size example and park one on the mantelpiece almost immediately.

The meticulously finished model is faithful to the much admired design of the full-blown original right down to the detailing of its windscreen wipers. 750 examples of its all-aluminium, mid-engined and quattro-equipped big brother will find homes in the UK in 2008, thrilling their drivers with a mighty 420PS output, 4.6-second acceleration from rest to 62mph and, for those lucky enough to be visiting an Autobahn next year, a 187mph top speed.

The diminutive R8 is now available from Audi Centres nationwide, details of which can be obtained by calling Audi Customer Services on 0800 699888 or by visiting www.audi.co.uk and clicking on ‘Find Centre’.