# Man builds an Audi R8 from a Mercury Capri.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798
**Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 22, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798 "2008-11-22T23:48:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/1 "2008-11-22T23:48:50Z")
> **[Man Builds Audi R8 Super Car Out Of A Mercury Cougar](https://jalopnik.com/5095021/man-builds-audi-r8-super-car-out-of-a-mercury-cougar)**
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> The Audi R8 is one of the most exclusive and beautiful supercars in the world, commanding auto-lust wherever it goes and wherever it's seen. But what if you want an R8 but don't have the $105,000+ to buy one yourself? You could go through the...
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### Author:  [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/2 "2008-11-23T05:05:13Z")
how bout a cougar
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### Author:  [@cleanquick306](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cleanquick306)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/3 "2008-11-23T06:53:48Z")
pretty nice job for what it is
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### Author:  [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/4 "2008-11-23T07:38:37Z")
stupid
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### Author:  [@bgblockelcamino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bgblockelcamino)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 8:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/5 "2008-11-23T08:14:59Z")
wow so they use one POS to build a bigger POS lol
they did a nice job but why use a cougar?
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### Author:  [@Zack01GC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zack01GC)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/6 "2008-11-23T08:49:21Z")
That’s some pretty good work, even if it is stupid.
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### Author:  [@Nothingface5384](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nothingface5384)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/7 "2008-11-23T15:12:00Z")
probably his 2nd car…i dunno lol
it could have used a chopped roof though and a hatch lid to match…
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### Author:  [@Orr89rocz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Orr89rocz)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/8 "2008-11-23T15:40:20Z")
still can see the cougar in it but damn, thats not a bad kit car type buildup
i would have used a fiero 🙂
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### Author:  [@1320](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1320)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/9 "2008-11-23T16:42:01Z")
I personally think it looks like \*\*\*\* and was a total waste of time and money.
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### Author:  [@fah\_quad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fah_quad)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/10 "2008-11-23T17:23:46Z")
That’s been on the Audi forums for a little while. Blasphemy. I threw up in my mouth a little.
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### Author:  [@TwoFortySX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TwoFortySX)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/man-builds-an-audi-r8-from-a-mercury-capri/200798/11 "2008-11-23T17:29:55Z")
this is what perplexes me.
> After all that, here’s the big kicker: You can buy one of these if you live in Spain. The car was built by Alberto Gavach Fuertes of Zaragoza, Spain, who has a website dedicated to the car. Don’t go to the site unless you want to scream bloody murder at the terrible website design, but on it, Alberto outlines the details on the car and tells us the price on this beauty: 40,000€ or about $50,000. This of course makes us wonder how fast the four-ring fellas will be slapping Al with a cease and desist, but that’s for him to worry about.
so you think like 5k for the car then an additional 50k for that kit? with roughly 55k you would be able to buy something much better than that contraption.