| 0;The slowest car we have ever built”. | | | | build and aerodynamic grooves running down the sides, |
| Audi’s famous strapline and beautiful advert | | | | this just looks like it should go incredibly fast. Add to |
| were the first things to catch my eye about the R8, | | | | that a brilliantly “Audi” front grill and the |
| back when it had first been released to the world in a | | | | attractive dual rear grill, and suddenly the car looks |
| flurry of speed and sleekness. I remembered being sat | | | | more and more like the supercar it is. For me |
| in front of the TV, drifting off, when this car being | | | | personally, this shape could be a strong competitor for |
| gradually put together caught my eye. Within a second | | | | the nicest car ever made, and I never fail to gasp |
| of watching that was it – I was hooked. | | | | when I see one drive past on the street. Alongside the |
| It turns out that it wasn’t just me who fell in | | | | stunning supercar R8, Audi are now releasing the Audi |
| love with Audi’s first ever supercar, the R8. In | | | | R8 Spyder – although personally I prefer the |
| fact, the months following the launch were jam packed | | | | shape of the original. |
| with new stories, Top Gear reviews, articles and blogs | | | | I haven’t even started on the engine – |
| all covering the same subject – just how very | | | | but the V10 strength is just an added speedy bonus on |
| beautiful the car actually was. I have yet to come | | | | top of those elegant good looks. I can read the stats |
| across anyone who actively dislikes the car, | | | | and specifications – but hearing the engine roar |
| suggesting that maybe Audi have managed to get it | | | | in real life and whilst watching films such as Iron Man |
| perfectly right. | | | | tells me all I really need to know. |
| Audi cars are always attractive, in a somewhat bulky | | | | Impressively, if you want to own a used Audi R8 |
| way. They used to advertise themselves like a bull | | | | rather than an expensive new one, the cost is quite |
| racing up to the screen, and that is how they stand in | | | | dramatically reduced. I have seen them in dealerships |
| my head – bulky, ferocious, and determined. The | | | | for around £65k, not much more than the much |
| TT always used to be popular in a bubbly kind of way, | | | | less attractive (but beautiful to drive) RS6. If it was the |
| and then they moved a step closer to perfecting the | | | | first cost that was putting you off, therefore, it really |
| look in the new version TT. The next step up the | | | | isn’t as much of an issue as you would imagine |
| design ladder resulted in the amazing car we see | | | | it would be. Of course for those of you for whom that |
| before us. | | | | is still out of your price range, a normal used Audi will |
| The Audi R8 looks stunning. With a low to the ground | | | | do the trick, and you can build your way up from there! |