Audi R8 Star of Lucis (Final Fantasy XV)

Twirlywoos · 12 Nov 2016 at 14:21

Square Enix's long-awaited next entry in the 30-year-old Final Fantasy franchise arrives November 29th on PS4 and Xbox One, but first up is this promotional tie-in from Audi.

In the run up to Final Fantasy XV , Sony Pictures released the all-CG rendered Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV movie back in July, and it featured a special version of the 2017 Audi R8 called the Star of Lucis.

Now, the company's Japanese branch produced a one-off version of the car in real life and will raffle off the opportunity to buy it (for 50,000,015 yen or about $468,713) on November 21st

hyperseven · 12 Nov 2016 at 15:46

Do you get a copy of the game with it?

paradigm · 12 Nov 2016 at 16:51

That looks terrible.

Akagi · 12 Nov 2016 at 16:53

I love it. A lot. But you have to enter a raffle just for the opportunity to buy it for 2.5 times as much as a 'normal' V10 Plus? :eek:

If I buy FFXV will it come with one?

Housey · 12 Nov 2016 at 18:07

$468,713

Come again

Tute · 12 Nov 2016 at 18:09

Housey said:
$468,713

Come again

Only a raffle to actually pay that much innit.

Dis86 · 12 Nov 2016 at 18:23

That's just wrong looking.

shifty_uk · 12 Nov 2016 at 19:58

What you getting for the price here other than exclusivity? Some decals and different wheels?

paradigm · 12 Nov 2016 at 20:40

shifty_uk said:
What you getting for the price here other than exclusivity? Some decals and different wheels?

Proof that money can't buy taste?

Will Gill · 12 Nov 2016 at 21:32

Good film watched it the other evening, I'd be more than content to drive that around if won it :cool:

wingman · 12 Nov 2016 at 21:40

Will Gill said:
Good film watched it the other evening, I'd be more than content to drive that around if won it

Agreed on both accounts.

Dis86 · 12 Nov 2016 at 21:45

Will Gill said:
Good film watched it the other evening, I'd be more than content to drive that around if won it

You still have to buy it, nevermind win it!

Akagi · 13 Nov 2016 at 17:04

You win the opportunity to buy it for over 2.5 times as much as a normal one.

Yas786 · 13 Nov 2016 at 23:54

Housey said:
$468,713

Come again

That's about the price they are going for in Australia. When I was there back in sept, me and my brother had a look at one. Normal R8 2016 so nothing out of the ordinary but I died a lot when I looked at he price tag for it...$400k Aus dollars :eek:

Foreign cars there are stupidly expensive, they call it a luxury car tax.

Akagi · 14 Nov 2016 at 00:21

The luxury car tax isn't the only reason, foreign cars were expensive over there before they introduced it. It adds even more on top of the already inflated price.

33% is added to every dollar over the $64,000 luxury car threshold. ($75,000 for cars deemed 'fuel efficient')

The one that got me is that its $225,000 AUD for an Audi RS6, thats the equivelant of £135,000. Over here you can get one for £79,000.

If we take the UK price and convert it, then apply the luxury car tax, it takes it to $153,000. Thats still $72,000 less than the actual price.

Yas786 · 14 Nov 2016 at 17:00

Acme said:
The luxury car tax isn't the only reason, foreign cars were expensive over there before they introduced it. It adds even more on top of the already inflated price.

33% is added to every dollar over the $64,000 luxury car threshold. ($75,000 for cars deemed 'fuel efficient')

The one that got me is that its $225,000 AUD for an Audi RS6, thats the equivelant of £135,000. Over here you can get one for £79,000.

If we take the UK price and convert it, then apply the luxury car tax, it takes it to $153,000. Thats still $72,000 less than the actual price.

Exactly and my brother out there now wants to get rid of his 4 month old Merc C63s for a new RS6. Car prices are stupidly crazy out there.
Luckily for my brother his business is doing spectacularly well and his wife being a GP out there helps him afford life's little luxuries.

Housey · 14 Nov 2016 at 19:38

I didn't realise is was OZ and yes, they get hit hard for cars, like many countries actually. I was amazed to hear how much they cost in South Africa too.