Quote Originally Posted by Leadfoot View Post
The R8 will rule all of the above because of the quality of the Brand. Audi is moving ahead of BMW as Europe's top main-stream sportscar manufacturer and with the R8 will be battling Porsche and Ferrari for the top spot. Honda's last NSX was amazing for two reasons, it's ability and it's lack of sales, the Lexus will be amazing with it's total lack of understand what makes a great sportscar, it will no doubt be very refined with no soul.

The one to watch will be the GTR, it's will tick all of the boxes, looks, feel, entertainment, grip, power and acceleration, the only one that might be out of it's reach is a really good top speed, it's shape just doesn't look that aerodynamic. But who cares when the rest will be so good. Even if it does beat the R8 in a roadtest it will be the Audi that will capture your hearts.
Uh, one step at a time, the car isn't even here yet. And another thing, one limited production car doesn't make you the top manufacturer. Audi has a long way to go to catch BMW. The S6 barely matches up with a 550i. The 335i is spanking S4's. The new M3 is coming to lay the smack down on the RS4. Not to mention that BMW's will always be the purer driving car with RWD, less weight, and having weight in the right spot to begin with. You are getting way ahead of yourself, and supposedly BMW is at work on a mid engine car using a 5.5 liter of the M5 V10 which is the best V10 out (short of carrera GT.)

The R8 is the first audi to not have all it's damn weight in the front.