“It?s so comfortable you can run over anything up to a medium-sized fox and not even notice”

The enfant terrible or motoring journalism Wrote a glowing review of the  Audi R8 in the Daily Telegraph last month.

He even thinks its better that the Baby Lamborghini (one of which he has just brought)

The Audi R8 shares some parts and infrastructure with the Lamborghini Gallardo. And that?s ?125,000. Anyone who?s just bought a baby Lambo ? me ? must be feeling as sick as a dog right now. Because in so many ways the Audi R8 is better.

“In the meantime I can safely say the Audi R8 is one of the best surprises of my motoring life. It is one of the truly great cars and the only hesitation I have in giving it five stars is that, ideally, I?d like to give it six.”

The Full review of the Audi R8 is here - It will be interesting to see if they review the Audi R8 in the new season of top gear in the autumn.

Audi R8 Vital statistics

Model Audi R8 Engine 4163cc, eight cylinders Power 414bhp @ 7800rpm Torque 317 lb ft @ 4500rpm Transmission Six-speed manual Fuel 19.3mpg (combined cycle) CO2 349g/km Acceleration 0-62mph: 4.6sec Top speed 187mph Price ?76,825

Audi R8 Review

The York Press has a nice review of the new Audi R8. STEVE NELSON writes

AUDI has given us many super cars, but has never put a proper supercar on the road. Until now.

With horsepower emerging from its stable at an unrelenting pace over the past couple of years in what Audi calls a “ballistic expansion”, we have waited long and hard for Vorsprung durch Technik to deliver a defining moment in its history, and no one is going to be disappointed at this quite incredible result.

The full review is here 

Key Audi R8 Facts:

• Model: Audi R8
• Transmission: Six-speed manual or R tronic sequential
• Price: £76,825 (manual) to £82,025
• Engine: Mid-mounted 4.2-litre V8 FSI petrol, delivering 420PS at 7,800rpm
• Torque: 430Nm from 4,500 to 6,000rpm
• Acceleration: 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds; 0-124mph in 14.9 seconds
• Top speed: 187mph
• Economy: 19.8mpg on combined cycle
• C02 emissions: 349 g/km
• First UK deliveries: July

New 187mph Audi sports car features 210 exterior LED lights and even illuminates a rarely visible component – the engine.
Festive lighting is all around us, but some sources are much more unusual than others. Car maker Audi, for example, has used LED illumination to spectacular effect in its new R8 sports car, which will not only pierce the night sky with a total of 24 front-mounted LED driving lamps and 186 LED brake lights, but will also shed light on a component that is rarely visible – the engine.

Due to be launched by the Vorsprung durch Technik brand next spring priced from £76,725, the 187mph 2-seater is available with an optional interior light package that not only includes Light Emitting Diode (LED) cabin illumination, but also bathes the engine compartment in LED light, drawing onlookers’ attention to its powerful eight cylinder unit through its clear glass ‘bonnet’.

On the outside, the 24 LEDs also conspire to create a remarkably distinctive and immediately recognisable front view. Inspired by the design of the Sydney Opera House, the R8’s head lamp units incorporate 12 LED daytime running lights on each side that follow their pronounced curves. Combined with bi-xenon dipped and main beam head lights, and a total of 186 LED tail lights, they will not only give the R8 maximum road presence, but will also enhance safety for the driver and surrounding road users.

Audi UK Director Jeremy Hicks commented: “The importance of seeing and being seen on the roads is obviously brought into sharp focus at this time of year, and with its new LED technology our new R8 will be pretty hard to beat on both fronts. With the help of Audi innovations such as the quattro four-wheel-drive system we have always strived to deliver high performance as responsibly and safely as possible, and this hugely impressive lighting technology underlines that fact yet again.”

Customer deposits for the new Audi R8 have been taken by the UK Audi Centre network since its world public debut at the 2006 Mondial de l’Automobile in Paris in late September, and these have already accounted for all right-hand-drive production slots allocated right through to mid-2008.