Oh wow - golly gee whiz - all the automotive press are gobbling like the overpaid turkeys they are about the New Audi R8. According to one reviewer who I would never accuse of taking money from the people whose cars he reviews (yeah right) even Porsche drivers are impressed and it only costs about $110,000!
Corvette Drivers aren't impressed. A base model Chevy is faster for half the price. Comparing the R8 which looks like a 1990's Toyota, to a Corvette Z06 would be even more risible. Porsche? They don't even compete in the same class as the domestic product. Never mind which car has been the IMSA GT-1 champion every year in this century so far and dominates international endurance racing -This is better because it's Foreign! Wow! It has bluetooth and a TV camera because the rear visibility is so bad! High tech!
More money, less performance, usefulness and driveability - what more could you ask for - and oooooooh that German engineering!
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Oh it has bluetooth? Great it can work with my iPhone. I'm going to go out and get one now.
I've been a devote Audi driver since 1985 - and SO happily so, that I recuse myself from commenting here, apart from the comment I just left. :)
Get a Mini Cooper S - more fun bang for the buck than anything out there IMO. Got one when they first came out and wish I still had it.
Somehow, if it won't do 200MPH it's too slow for me.
Whatever the public impression may be about what constitutes advanced engineering, I have not seen anything German or Japanese that's made of carbon fiber and kevlar composites and magnesium or that has fiberglass springs; is faster than a Ferrari and gets better mileage than most family sedans.
I love that photo of the Audi even more every time I see it... ahhhh
One mans ahhh is another man's eeeeww
Truer words... my friend :)
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