Is the Audi R8 (Type 42) a good investment?

The thesis

The first-gen R8 V10 manual is vanishingly rare: only ~700 gated 6-speed coupes were built for the US; UK RHD manuals even scarcer. The 5.2 V10 shares DNA with the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 and delivers 525hp naturally aspirated. With the R8 line now dead (ended Q1 2024) and replaced by EV, this is the last affordable three-pedal V10 supercar. Prices bottomed at £35–40k in 2020–21; current £45–65k range offers strong entry. Enthusiast forums confirm manual V10s 'unlikely to go lower.'