Audi R8 Coupe

After driving it for almost 4 years now, here are my 2 cents. One of the best equipped sport cars, with almost everything you need from loud exhaust, high powered engine, uber cool styling, world class handling, roomy cabin and a decent boot for some groceries. These are things you cannot get from the Italians. It would be better if simple equipment like Bluetooth audio module and keyless entry are added into it. Other than those nit-picking, the car is still a pleasure to drive, even till now. I still cannot get enough of those random accelerations.... Read More

Magnetic-fluid damping is standard, so you can gad about in an R8 V10 without hurting anything specific. And the 5.2-litre V10 has been 'de-tuned' by 35bhp by Audi to make it quieter and easier to drive than it is in its other home, the Lamborghini Gallardo. It's a pretty remarkably easy to use supercar.Ho. Here's the good bit. Think the 414bhp V8 was squirty? The 5.2 V10 punts out 525bhp, chucks the R8 to 62mph in 3.9 seconds and eggs it on to nearly 200ph. Third gear overtakes are very special; it revs to 8,700rpm. That'll make your ears curl up into small, fleshy balls. And then fall off. So yes, it has the measure of most supercars out there. The R8 is already a cool car, so having the one-potato, two-potato supremacy of an even faster version should make it even cooler. We like.... Read More