Audi R8 4.2 FSI review - verdict
Audi R8 4.2 V8 FSI Road Test
Test Date 23 May 2007
Price When New £87,935
Verdict
If the R8’s goal was to put one over the Porsche 911 then it’s hard to see how it has failed, and the market would seem to agree; the R8 is sold out in the UK until mid-2008. At the moment Audi UK simply can’t get enough cars to meet demand. Which is always a decent situation to find yourself in commercially.
Dynamically the R8 hits most of its targets as well. We’re not big fans of its brakes nor its curiously corny open gate gearshifter but, where it matters, the R8 genuinely delivers.
The R8 is quick, handles and rides extremely well, sounds good so long as you’re prepared to work its V8 engine and is a masterstroke of clean, crisp design inside. True, it may lack the last degree of raw driver involvement compared with its arch rival, the 911 CS, but as an everyday supercar it has few rivals. And even fewer flaws. It is the world’s most sensible supercar, and we mean that entirely as a compliment.
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