View Full Version : Audi R8: 911 beater?


BlueSky
08-25-2006, 06:52 PM
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/e969fdcb-e95e-4d5d-981f-982500fffd84.htm


There's the latest vid of this car. This looks definitely more eye-catching and supercarish than the 911 Turbo or GT3.

My only problem with it is that its based off the Gallardo's platform and will likely share its powertrain or the RS4's powertrain. I wish Audi could have gone all-original with the whole car instead of making a Gallardo in drag.

mysql101
08-25-2006, 07:40 PM
I'd rather have a GT3. The styling is nice, but not amazing. I also didn't like the engine sound.

BlueSky
08-25-2006, 08:36 PM
Yeah GT3 for me too.

hedgecore
08-25-2006, 08:58 PM
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/e969fdcb-e95e-4d5d-981f-982500fffd84.htm


There's the latest vid of this car. This looks definitely more eye-catching and supercarish than the 911 Turbo or GT3.

My only problem with it is that its based off the Gallardo's platform and will likely share its powertrain or the RS4's powertrain. I wish Audi could have gone all-original with the whole car instead of making a Gallardo in drag.

Wow, i want to love this car, but the styling seems 1980's to me...generally, i like audi, somehow this design is lost on me.

gt3>r8

DRKSYDE
08-25-2006, 09:47 PM
New 998.

420ft lbs of torque available at 1950 RPM's! :Eyecrazy:

shaolin
08-26-2006, 03:54 PM
Well Porsche is the parent company of the VW/Audi group as of a few months now. I don't know if that thing will surpass the 911 but it'll never be the icon that the 911 has become.

lesper4
08-26-2006, 04:05 PM
car looks good but not super car looks

UFGator12
08-26-2006, 04:20 PM
That guy says Gay-ardo. Hard to take him seriously.

Chris_Bangle
08-28-2006, 10:54 PM
Not a big fan of Da Silva, but the car does look nice. It is a shame that it is restricted by the awd drive train of being a true driver's car. Why can't Audi dump awd and go after Ferrari or Porsche / Aston with proper rwd cars that aren't only fast but are as passionate, communicative and driver oriented as Ferraris. Overall however who would have thought that a group that was on the verge of collapsing 12 years ago would achieve such success.
Long live the A4.

BlueEyes
08-28-2006, 10:57 PM
Well Porsche is the parent company of the VW/Audi group as of a few months now. I don't know if that thing will surpass the 911 but it'll never be the icon that the 911 has become.
They're a controlling minority, not parent company.

nzarnow
08-28-2006, 11:26 PM
hoooo-ray beer!!

alfy28
08-29-2006, 09:13 AM
gt3 all the way

khtm
08-29-2006, 09:19 AM
Yeah that car is fugly. Looks like a car that would have been in a futuristic movie from the 80s.

alfy28
08-29-2006, 09:55 AM
the r8 door to rear to me looks like a stretched out 350z , side view that is

XDEEDUBBX
08-29-2006, 10:21 AM
gt3 for me aw well...

MTLbroker
08-29-2006, 12:42 PM
I gotta go with the Aston Martin........

DrDiaboloco
08-29-2006, 01:23 PM
It is a shame that it is restricted by the awd drive train of being a true driver's car.
:boring:

SayNoToPistons
08-29-2006, 01:31 PM
Ferrari 430 for me if the r8 costs the same.

edit: meh.. ill have a 20B FD, cym fd, a few FC's, fb's and a rx8.

BlueSky
08-29-2006, 05:18 PM
^^^R8 does not cost the same as the F430.

F430 is def. a car in it's own league. If I had aroudn $180k I'd buy one in a heartbeat. The way it sings is just heavenly.

Romancer
08-29-2006, 10:11 PM
That guy says Gay-ardo. Hard to take him seriously.

That is the proper pronounciation.

Trekk
08-29-2006, 10:31 PM
If I had money to blow on a crazy car I think I'd get a Saleen S7.

BlueSky
08-29-2006, 10:46 PM
^^Twin Turbo. Excellent car.

Romancer
08-29-2006, 11:44 PM
^^Twin Turbo. Excellent car.

It would be a good weekend car, I guess. From what I heard, it is pretty unrefined. Kit car-ish.

SayNoToPistons
08-30-2006, 11:20 AM
^^Twin Turbo. Excellent car.
How do you know its an excellent car? have you ever driven one? oh no wait.. you read about it in a magazine.

Feras
08-30-2006, 11:23 AM
^^ have you???

theCATALYST
08-30-2006, 11:45 AM
Never driven, but have ridden ^^
The Saleen is a very nice car, but lets face it, anything in that price range is going to be nice to most of us.

For my money, I would choose the S7 just because it is so gorgeous.

RA-Eight
08-30-2006, 11:51 AM
I'm not picky, I'll take either if it was handed to me.

alfy28
08-30-2006, 12:37 PM
if had money to throw around, i wouldnt get a saleen . i prefer konigsegg

DrDiaboloco
08-30-2006, 12:45 PM
Yeah, but what kind of mileage does that Koenigsegg get? ;)

alfy28
08-30-2006, 01:10 PM
Yeah, but what kind of mileage does that Koenigsegg get? ;)


konisegg mpg 13.8 mpg (17L / 100 km) City 18.1 mpg (13L / 10)
Highway :ylsuper:
Acceleration: 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) 3.2 seconds
Top speed: 245+ mph (395+ km/h), with the optional carbon fibre rear spoiler, 230 mph (370 km/h)
Braking distance: 31m (100-0 km/h)
Standing Quarter Mile: 9.9 seconds, endspeed 146 mph (235km/h) :rock:

4.7L twin supercharged DOHC V8
806 hp (601 kW) @ 6,900 rpm
678 lbf.ft (920 Nm) @ 5,700 rpm
(on California grade 91 octane gasoline)


s7
Engine, transmission: twin-turbo 7.0L V-8, 6-speed manual

Horsepower, bhp @ rpm: 750 @ 6300
0–60 mph: 3.3 sec
0–100 mph: 6.0 sec
0–1320 ft (¼ mile): 10.6 sec @ 139.8 mph :sad:

Top speed: 250 mph
Braking, 60–0 mph: 119 ft
Braking, 80–0 mph: 210 ft
Lateral accel (200-ft skidpad): 1.03g
Speed thru 700-ft slalom: 69.9 mph

EPA city/highway: est 13.0, est 12/16 mpg :hahano:

lol but i can only dream :P

DrDiaboloco
08-30-2006, 01:21 PM
konisegg mpg 13.8 mpg (17L / 100 km) City 18.1 mpg (13L / 10)
Highway
Hey, that's what I get in my RX8! :mdrmed:

alfy28
08-30-2006, 01:32 PM
Hey, that's what I get in my RX8! :mdrmed:

lol, yah when i seen the mpg i said the same .