Autocar - R8 V10 vs 997.2 Turbo vs GTR

[RXBG]

Will it cost £55k like they said?

not sure who said that. i am sure it'll cost as least as much as the current one.

i don't buy the rumor that audi is mulling a car above the R8.

[Bluehinder]

my sources say the R8 replacement will have a DSG option, new awd system, and weigh less. i don't have any info on engine, but i would expect something special from audi such a turboed V8 or twincharged V8.

as some would say "doesn't matter because by then there will be a new GTR and 998 TT".... but something tells me the next generation "R8" will leapfrog this one by much more than competitors' cars replacements.

regardless, the current generation is dynamically superior by most standards to the competiton, and in V10 form perfectly equal to any of them.

While I agree with the last paragraph, any discussion about hypothetical future cars is nothing but a guessing game. All that counts is whats on the ground today.

Don't be too sure who leapfrogs who given the new relationship between Audi, Lambo and Porsche. I suspect the future will not the same as today, though I have no idea what direction any of them may go.

Regardless, the V10 is one of the finest cars available today at any price. I wouldn't take two GTR's for a V10, and vastly prefer the V10 R8 to the 998TT in any guise. No future R8 will relegate the current V10 to average.

The only other car I care about is the 458 Italia, and want one as soon as I can get one, which may be a while, despite my begging. I am on the list though.

[Z07]

not sure who said that. i am sure it'll cost as least as much as the current one.

i don't buy the rumor that audi is mulling a car above the R8.

I was joking. Autocar said the ideal car was an R8 V10, with the Porsche's brakes and the GTR's gearbox and price. You said it was coming. I was joking about it coming at the GTR's price.