This is a 2020 Audi R8 V10 with a 6spd gated manual gearbox

What’s the one thing missing from the current generation Audi R8? Yep, of course it’s the glorious open-gate manual gearbox of its predecessor. Why can’t we have nice things, Audi?

Anyway, luckily there are people like Kevin Howeth in this world. He’s the co-owner and founder of Charlotte-based tuner Underground Racing, which has just completed its build of the 2020 R8 Decennium special edition you see above.

Just 222 V10-engined Decenniums were ever built, but long-time Underground Racing customer ‘Danny from Dallas’ clearly wanted something a little more unique. Just check out that interior – yep, that’s an Audi-sourced six-speed gated manual conversion.

That’s not all either. Underground Racing claims to be the builder of the ‘world's fastest street legal Lamborghinis’, and so the R8’s 5.2-litre V10 has been treated to twin-turbos and a total of 1,500bhp. That feels about... enough.

A whole heap of engine components are upgraded to deal with the extra power, and there’s a new JRR engine management system as well as Performante centre-lock wheels. The best bit, though? Howeth says that anyone else interested in building a manual R8 or Huracan should contact him right away. Now where did we put that petty cash tin?