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well doesn't this look familiar it's an LDR rate but not the r8 we know it's an all-new one it has a mean of face lasers for eyes and a fixed carbon wing it's 5.2 liter v10 produces 610 brake horsepower and delivers it to all four wheels this is the r8 v10 plus the fastest r8 you can buy today I remember when the original r8 came out it looked unlike anything else it really was a pretty pretty car it was also usable because you could see our topic and you could put things in it challenged the 911 in the everyday usability stakes and it's v8 engine well well it's one of the favourite engines of all time it was also Tony Stark's car and I really like Iron Man so run it made it pretty good in my place and this new one well I already hopes it will build on the successes of the old one it's not much of a secret that the r8 and the Lamborghini Gallardo shared a few key things not least the engine in the v10 r8 the same is true of the new r8 and the Huracan they have the same layout and some remarkably similar toys and the v10 plus version of the r8 this one has the same 602 brake horsepower engine to play with from launch the power is aided to the road by a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission that can send a hundred percents the talk to the front or the back as needed sadly there isn't a manual option for this all the Lambo hurrican it seems that that is a thing of the past now as is a v8 option which i think is a crying shame because the last Jen's v8 is one of the best sounding engines ever you might recognize it also gone are the distinctive side blades that looked a bit weird to start with and then just made sense on top of that the new r8 can weigh up to 50 kilos lighter than before thanks to aluminium carbon fiber and some clever engineering Aldys managed to make a 602 brake horsepower 413 pounds foot car that can hit 62 from rest in 3.2 seconds and will top 205 miles an hour it'll do nought to 124 in less than 10 seconds if you're feeling brave as well the interior is loaded with lots of toys you got big comfy seats a virtual cockpit like what you get on the TT and lots of buttons on the steering wheel one for starting the engine making the exhaust noisy the turbo mega nuts a button even though this isn't a turbocharged engine and the drive select and all the audio stuff as well so there are lots and lots of tech but what is it actually like to drive 7-speed gearbox absolutely amazing when you're in dynamic mode which is Audi's for sport it can be quite aggressive it'll change quite harsh and it can jolt the car so it makes it feel either like you fluffed a manual change or you're in a racing car I think they were going for the latter rather than the former in normal mode in comfort it's actually really Pleasant dynamic it can be a bit harsh on the springs but in normal mode it's just really nice been bending round the smooth ish mountain roads and the rise been really soft that has been really quite pleasant however you probably don't want to hear about comfort mode because well that's a bit boring really isn't it so is the rub in dynamic mode in Sorrento rain Mike Yannick gathers pace it is so fast it's it's kind of take your breath away or heart in your mouth good lord this is quick this shouldn't be going so quick the road soaking wet I'm being irresponsible fast it's awesome it's not 262 time is on par with hurricane obviously but also a 911 Turbo S but the way it delivers its power is very different 911 big dollop of torque and a kick in the kidneys this very smooth very linear but very very aggressive now grip wise we have been utilizing the Quattro system lots of lovely four-wheel drive action it has a surprisingly large amount of grip terrifyingly so I shouldn't have been able to get around some of these corners in say a rear-wheel drive car at the speeds I've been managing where the car seems to feel very flat very level say like a proper supercar the steering I've got a bit of an issue with it doesn't sit quite right with me it takes a while to find its groove and then once you hook it up you feel it work properly and I can get to work with it hello Quattro you get to work with it but it doesn't feel the most precise in the world the traction control system I will say is top-notch because I should have been killed twice today thanks to the weather the brakes carbon ceramic they're interesting because I find them a little bit grabby but once you start to get to learn them they feel a little bit more natural I think these are the kind of breaks that you really spend some time getting to learn and to figure out now I've said a lot that this car shares much with the hurricane and well he does there's no denying that with the Italian you feel it's a little bit more delicate you don't really want to project the wrong way for fear something might fall off but the Andi it feels a little bit more solid a bit less special there's a consequence the Lamborghini feels infinitely more special than the RA but this feels a bit more solid now this being the v10 plus we've got a carbon fiber wing on the back as standard they say it's to generate lots and lots of down floors I don't think that's true I just think it's so people who have bought these you can identify other people with the same amount of money and the people with the normal v10 with a retractable little spoilery thing well they'll just look down on them which is a bit of a shame because I'm told the base r8 is pretty amazing now here's the rub the r8 in the hurricane that shares some of its bits with are becoming something of an oddity while neither have a manual both have mid-mounted naturally aspirated v10 engines it's just gone turbocharged it's got its California t4 turbo and 488 GTB the new 911 that's gone by turbo and the Merc AMG GT has two turbos onboard as well the cars that are coming out are changing our roads are evolving much to the charr grin of purists who unfortunately have much to say but welcomed by very little and don't worry that's not just the pop at you I mean one of them look at how much has changed since the rose-tinted good old days of for example the Ferrari 355 auto gear boxes aren't CAC anymore in fact they're faster of the man big engines don't have to be ruinous the v10 in this r8 has a cylinder shut off system so when you're cruising only five cylinders are used so that means in theory you can get a little over 30 mpg in this and do more than 200 miles an hour that sounds quite good I she actually works that way but still disco has left me thinking what's left for the naturally aspirated engine I mean Aston Martin's gonna stick with me 12 for as long as humanly possible but then that just leaves the r8 and the hurricane and their runs going to be won best part of a decade and then they'll be replaced and then I suppose whoa what do we get big boost e power and more mpg for all that's no bad thing in reality it's better for the environment and all that it also means there's more oil for longer but is this one of the last guardians of the naturally aspirated supercar Castle I fear it may be and what a thing to go out with a screaming v10 with more power and performance than you really know what to do with and the car that not only looks good but more importantly feels good can my brief time with it the old r8 was good but the new ones better you