Audi R8

[abrewer]

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[vic vic]

oh fantastic allan... we also get a sample of this in israel.... it is not on roads yet though.. not in your country too rite ?
oh, in the left upper coprner of first pic.. there is a car that ... no i still dont have it and still not in position to have it.. i mean that car in the upper corner..

nice shots - go to see good things :-)

[Doc Henry]

Allan good shots beautiful car !

[Marquinius]

Very nice shots indeed ... but a very ugly car. Thing is: it will probably drive like a dream.

[abrewer]

Thank you Vic, and Henri, and Marco!

Yes, Vic, I've always wanted to own one of those too!

Maybe in my next life...

Thanks

Allan

[flatfour]

Everything about this car suggests it should be great but Jeremy Clarkson wasn't very impressed. We'll just have to wait to see what the public think. Will they buy it or not ?

[abrewer]

But that's Clarkson



The car has gotten good reviews over here

However, I am still not a big fan of the huge Audi grillwork of the current series of cars--it is just too over-the-top IMO

The R8 obviously has it in spades

Thanks

Allan

[stuny]

Allan -

I'm still not sure about the "blade", and if works better in this color combination that the others I've seen, but quite a car. You've once again caught it as the manufacturer would like.

[Photoskeptic]

Having owned several quattros, I feel the front ends of the current models are uglier than hammered hockey puck and Audi needs to go back to the drawing board. But there is no question the R8 has presence, but the engine under glass copying the Ferrari doesn't do them proud either, IMO.

[andybarton]

I have been on the motorway and "approached" from behind by an R8. For 99.9% of people on the road, they know to just get out of the way...

IMHO, this white paint job does it no favours whatsoever. In the right colour, it's a fabulous looking car.

Given that we are at the end-game for cars like this, along with Range Rovers and other "gas-guzzlers", maybe they should be celebrated for more than they are. The end of an era. Dinosaurs, but fun while they lasted..

[stunsworth]

Originally Posted by abrewer

But that's Clarkson

Indeed, can't stand the man personally.

Andy Barton is right, in the flesh, and in a different colour, the car looks excellent. Easy access if you need to top up the oil too.

[elansprint72]

I understand that the waiting list is considerable and there will be a huge premium if you want one quickly. I managed five minutes in the driver's seat of a prototype last Summer, although the car was full of telemetry gizmos it did seem very well put together. It looked pretty good in bright red and the carbon side panels can be specified in body colour, can't see the point of them as shown and I agree that the current crop of AUDI grilles are rather heavy-handed.
I'm told that Clarkson purposely broke part of the interior of a Bentley Continental GT which he had on test and also trashed the brakes after repeated emergency stops from 150 mph, he then complained about the brakes feeling soft afterwards! Nuff said.

[stunsworth]

He did also blow up the engine in a Ferrari a few years ago if I remember correctly.

[andybarton]

Car magazines in this country won't test drive cars for publication if they know that Top Gear have had them first.

[elansprint72]

Allan,
Hope you don't mind me posting this here- it shows how the car looks better in a colour other than white!

I don't think it's a Leica shot, so I'll award myself another Yellow Card.

[abrewer]

Nice shot, Pete

You get a "light yellow"



As long as we're bitching about current car design:

I can't stand this supposedly high-tech gray carbon-fiber/silvery titanium look on 99% of the cars that are using it

Yes, it looked splendid on the first TT; but now I see it on Acura's and Saturns...it has become the interior du jour and

I don't like it!!!

Rant over



Thanks

Allan

[abrewer]

Originally Posted by andybarton

Car magazines in this country won't test drive cars for publication if they know that Top Gear have had them first.

I can't blame them

I'd not want a car after those guys had spun it into a meadow at high speed, or backed a tractor cart into it (a prototype, no less!)

They are literal vandals with the property IMO; but I wouldn't miss the show for the world!



Thanks

Allan

[flatfour]

Andy - I am not so sure about the gas-guzzlers scenario. Cars have improved their consumptuion dramatically over the least 20 years. Now there are an ever growing number of scientists who say that Al Gore is completely wrong - surprise, surprise, - and that we are entering a period of global cooling when we shall need every ounce of man-made CO2 we can produce. See Prof.Robert carter :- YouTube - Climate Change - Is CO2 the cause? - Pt 1 of 4

[andybarton]

Let's not get into this argument again.

[flatfour]

Sorry Andy, but to me it is not an argument. I'm involved, so I just look at the evidence and ignore the politicians.