Audi R8 4.2

[EXTRACT]#EANF# What is new? What isn’t? Audi’s first supercar takes the brand into an entire new section of the market – this is actually the most radical road-goer to don four rings since records began. Based around various components shared using the (Audi-engineered ) Lamborghini Gallardo, the R8 uses a mid-mounted, dry-sumped version from the RS4’s 4. 2-litre FSI V8 engine to provide stunning performance : 0-62mph takes a claimed 4. 6 seconds and also the top speed (unencumbered by among those pesky 155mph limiters ) is reckoned to become a whopping 187mph. Using a £76, 725 price tag in manual form it’s priced hard against the heartland from the Porsche 911 range – so must you cancel that Carrera 4S? What is it like? Inside a word : great. By 50 percent words : really great. Regardless of the supercar underpinnings and also the sight from the mid-mounted V8 with a Ferrari-alike glass cover, the R8 drives like a sports car. It delivers agility and massive cornering grip, but matches this to impressive high-speed refinement and also the kind of comfort essential to devour trans-continental journeys with a sitting. (The 90-litre fuel tank even gives a decent 300-mile-plus range between filling station stops. ) The R8 likes to obtain its teeth straight into the twistier stuff, too, cornering using the kind of poise and precision that no road-going Audi has offered before. And, best of, the four-wheel drive system’s rear-biased torque delivery means it may even be induced to provide a little bit of painlessly corrected power oversteer. So can it be as good like a Porsche 911? Like a total package it’s desperately near having the measure of Weissach’s finest – the planning will turn heads upon the kind of streets where a 911 wouldn’t rate another glance. But next towards the Porsche the steering lacks a little inside the method of feel and also the Audi can’t match the 911’s perfect interplay between throttle and cornering line. Should I buy one? Definitely. If you’re already upon the waiting list then well done, the R8 looks set to get 2007’s must-have supercar so we reckon early buyers are prone to enjoy substantial premiums come resale. And when you’re not upon the list already? Well, presuming you’ve got £76, 000 burning a hole with your pocket and also a sports car-shaped space inside the garage then join the rear from the lengthening queue…Mike Duff EXTRACT#EANF# Audi R8 4. 2