The second-generation Audi R8 deserves your love.
By now, you've heard that the Audi R8 is going away. There will be tributes and retrospectives, though few will focus on the second generation. Pity.It's not hard to understand why the second R8 isn't as beloved as the first. The first was a revolution, the second was an evolution; the first was priced to compete with the Porsche 911 Carrera, the second priced in 911 Turbo territory; the first offered a manual, the second was dual-clutch only.
Last year, on an early winter day, I pointed the R8 towards many of the roads used in our Performance Car of the Year evaluations. The ride out of New York City was as painless as it could be in a supercar. You sit more upright than in the R8's platform-mate, the Lamborghini Huracan, and the view over the hood is superb. The seven-speed dual-clutch is well behaved, and despite a redline in the 8000's, the 5.
I know I would love a manual R8, and one can imagine what a pair this engine would be with a six-speed and a clutch pedal, but that shouldn't get in the way of praise for this gearbox. It's a perfect partner to the rev-happy V-10 in all environments, and the precision of the downshifts alone will convince any dual-clutch skeptics.The chassis setup of this particular R8 is more of an acquired taste.
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