AutoExpress: Ferrari, you have been warned by the Audi R8 V10!

The Gallardo LP-560 is way quicker than any F-430, the R8 V10 will probably be quicker also. All for a price of the 911 Turbo.

— chewy (View Profile)

Posted on 2/5/2009 2:50:30 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -5   

"Aimed at the likes of the Aston Martin DB9 and Porsche 911 Turbo, the £100,700 machine certainly isn’t cheap. Yet despite this Audi says it’s already taken over 975 orders from eager customers – orders it expects to fulfil despite the current financial turmoil."

— audispy (View Profile)

Posted on 2/5/2009 4:01:34 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

Or you can by two ferraris, two lamborghinis and two R8s and have them all in the stable if you are filthy rich.

— ThierryHenry14 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/5/2009 5:26:01 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 6   

+1 for the very good point. I'd even say it's all about the price and nothing more. Some people just don't take a better car, but the more expensive one. Just to make a statement to others they can afford it. Can they exploit limits of their new toy? It doesn't matter at all. Say a CEO of some successful company can afford the R8 V10. Then all those celebrities making even more he does couldn't be distinguished from him by bystanders on streets so they opt out for a much more pricey (and possibly technically worse) Lamborghini or Ferrari to keep the distance.

— downtoearth (View Profile)

Posted on 2/5/2009 10:16:59 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I can understand where you are coming from, but I think there is a serious flaw in your comment - I agree with your view on the GT-R (and share it), but Audi is far from being considered as being in the same position, especially since the MAKE the Lamborghini Gallardo. Yes - Audi makes the Lamborghini Gallardo in their GMBh factory and ships the unfinished product to Lamborghini. So you can see how they have been already in the same league a long time ago.

— caixa2 (View Profile)

Posted on 2/6/2009 9:55:55 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

Right! A V-8 R8 for the missus and a V-10 R8 for mistress!

— Jaybrn (View Profile)

Posted on 2/5/2009 6:50:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

the new Audi R8 is really a hot shot. Maybe it might not take as much turning heads as a ferrari... but a V10?... now it may not be as quick as the ferrari... but watching the top gear episode on the most fuel efficient sports car, the ferrari happened to run out of gas first out of 5 other sports cars when they were testing which supercar could last the longest on 1 gallon of gas.... the Audi R8 happened to be able to last a whole lap exceeding the lamborghini, mercedes, porsche, and many other competitors

— shabaru (View Profile)

Posted on 2/5/2009 9:38:41 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Agree with the sailor 100%. When guys are in a bar having a few drinks and topic that comes up is what sportscar do you drive, its just not the same as "I have a Lamborghini" as "I drive an Audi". Practicalitywise, I'd pick an Audi simply because its cheaper to obtain and probably easier to use everyday. Of course its a different story if I'm filthy rich.

— woood (View Profile)

Posted on 2/5/2009 11:19:32 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

R8 is for those who can't afford real exotics. AUDI will always be the Ringo star of the luxury automotive world.

— Badgewhore (View Profile)

Posted on 2/6/2009 12:22:29 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2   

And Audi could not care less about ferrari.

— 1evlaudi (View Profile)

Posted on 2/6/2009 10:51:45 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I don't understand why nobody has ever said this about the Gallardo. You could say how Audi is not Ferrari, etc etc, but when the Lambos are compared to the Ferraris, they always lose. The R8 V10 is obviously the superior vehicle. That means, in a nutshell, the only superior performance car you can buy--and this is arguable--is a... Ferrari.

— S4cabriofoxone (View Profile)

Posted on 2/7/2009 12:43:35 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 2