Best Handling Car 2007 - Audi R8 - by Autocar.co.uk

[CC8sX06]

manual.... blue..... aluminium sidethings.... if the mirrors were aluminium it would be my favourite audi

[MrGtaAlex]

autocar sucks, top gear is better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jumoreno43]

@MrGtaAlex then why did you click on the video in the first place dumbshit

[ben10TG]

did he just say bull shit? lol

[bobdadog27]

doesn't need this quazaii italian bullshit haha classic

[loster88]

i can came over all clarkson and go WAAAAHH xD

[cardude1992]

isnt chris on evo?

[dhale750]

lol the lap times are confusing at first, but its because Autocar seem to have a completely different circuit for wet lap they call the 'wet handling circuit'. Is much shorter than the dry one hence the quicker lap time!

[maserati199]

I think he came at 2:05 XD

[sarokas12]

WOW!! This car is faster on the wet than it is on a dry track!!!

[njoni007]

R8 is beautiful...it is not a good drag race car as it does not have enough muscle but on track and on the streets this thing is hot.

[JoeThaDreamer]

whats so bad about an open gated shifter?

[Justin0124]

its annoying to drive, makes a lot of noise, and takes a bit to get used to quick downshifts

[slobowitz]

According to rumours, it's the car Lamborghini were never allowed to build. Being owned by Audi. Just a rumour of course.

[wideopen704]

Lamborghini has been making mid-engined cars with rear-biased 4WD systems for years. This car is meant to compete with Porsches. Something Lamborghini never intended to do. That's why this is an Audi.

[maserati199]

God it sounds good

[sspope]

What the hell is with those lap times? Doesn't make any sense to be faster on a wet track. And what is the time for the GT3 RS?

[hh818]

thats a huge time difference between wet n dry a little too much,,,,

[cophahn]

wtf? this car is quicker in the wet? am i missing something?

[lazytank]

doesnt have slicks on it

reallly grippy tires

skids when dry

[cophahn]

i think slicks are best used on dry tarmac but not suitable in the wet. isnt sports tires grip better in the dry? is it possible they tested the car on different track for different condition? it's an honest question, not trying to be a dick. hehe.

[lazytank]

most likely

[cophahn]

"dear lord can u hear that?"... shit. the way he said it sounded REALLY gay. hes a good driver though but i seriously dont like him.

[chrismodiano]

anybody who needs to choose between jeremy clarkson and chris harris are tools.

[tua50036]

For the JC v. CH debate, i believe that JC is definitley more entertaining while CH is the person that i'd rather have teach me a thing or two about driving. Being entertaining is something i can do already, while i will admit, there's always more that i can learn with driving.

[msaak01]

THIS DUDE CANT DRIVE!!

[Towelman20]

Yes he can drive well and you'v failed to see that he's not a race car driver.

[Suenodedia]

lol the guy in front of me was driving this car he was so safe over the humps ;-)

[125zetecs]

your good, but not as good as JC!

[drakeking94]

i prefer Jeremy Clarkson

[DeScRuN]

Faster wt lap than dry lap? seriously?

[carsismeZ06]

seriously? i would've chosen that 2-Eleven!

[Xeno1669]

Shit, that is one nice car!

[thebteteffect]

i like the Clarkson bash in there.

Jeremy is still my boy though

[shahbazdin89]

same with Jeremy Clarkson it's better and funny.

[akburst510]

Too bad Clarkson is a critic/journalist and can barely drive. Chris Harris is less entertaining (although he writes WAY better than Jeremy Clarkson), he routinely races in professional events.

[importedtuner]

Clarkson is a guy who makes fun of everything. Top Gear won't be nice without him. Admit it, you blind retard.

[tokay444]

porsche has put in a did to have a controlling share 50.1 % in vw group.

[superdooperroofer]

yeah as far as i know porsche increased thier stake to 30.9% last year and are majority shareholders.

[348ogu]

your right 19tony87, what is this guy talking about? needs to get his facts right

[vitto]

Tiff Needle loves the gear leaver

[19tony87]

This guy doesn't know his shit...Porsche doesn't own audi. Volkswagen owns audi and porsche is independent. Actually porsche is trying to buy volkswagen!

[ghlibisk]

well, porsche owns 30% of the volkswagen group, so hes not entirely off base

[calhalla]

porsche own audi? since when?

[F1naly]

look at the r8 review of Top Gear.. there is a race between the r8 and 911 gt3.

(a little unfair if u ask me, couse the gt3 is a lighter and faster version of the 911)

but despite the 911 beats the r8.. i would choose the R8 (WAT A CAR!!!)

btw. srry for the bad English

[ghostspiritx]

volkswagon owns both.

[qwerty158]

volkswagen doesnt own porsche

[qwerty158]

sorry my mistake, Ferdinand Piech owns 13% of porche, though doesnt technically own it

[xkrnxboix]

The Audi R8 was 12 sec faster on the wet track than the dry one?

guess its the quattro doin its job

[topski100]

must have been a different track

[spoonytom1]

yeah that span me out.

[Xeno1669]

Very nice car indeed, but still like the F430 Scuderia more.

[bradley1986]

your so cuteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[reno93535]

Underpowered for the price.

[Quicksand777]

True,one of the best cars i have ever owned...lethal but very very enjoyable,waiting for TD and the spider...my F430F1 & DB7 V12 collecting dust in my garage for the time being..

[bassmastergoo14]

wow...wish that was my job...

[vunley]

I don't understand why people are dissing this car. It's a phenomenal car. It might not have the figures to be as fast as most people would hope in a straight line, but it definitely does well on a track. But just for the haters, wait until the V10 or the TDI. Will be a great day.

[kentpaul99]

what an inarticulate fag

[carsismeZ06]

i just wish that there was a bit more power in the R8, somthing like 500.

[Ephraim178]

Crash and die you wanky little shit. Autocar is shite.

[HydroAlexis]

Wow crash and die? you are messed in the head mate. Cool car i wish to own it one day.

[Ephraim178]

Ok, that was a bit harsh, I admit. He just irritates me. A LOT.

[SedanChair]

Ow, fuck! Can you imagine getting the fleshy part of your hand pinched in the shift gate?

[SeaniM5]

haha italian bullshit at 2:23 haha

[bobolimasterflex]

this is garbage, it only makes 340hp to wheels bc of 4wd

[toniezar]

The guy driving the car is so gay....tight T-shirt, stupid large watch, and trying to imitate JC. The car is lame too.

[silvergnom]

Shut the fuck you piece of shit!

[gweflj]

Clarkson is a idiot. Harris can drive a car and understands technical elements. No comparison, proper jurno in the old school sense.

[TGseason10]

There is only 1 thing I think that they should change, they should be a little more grown up, not at all when they are doing their specials but when they are reviewing a car they should be more technical, just a little.

[gweflj]

I agree. I'd love them to be a lot more technical but I guess there's a limit to the mainstrean audiences attention span.

[whiteynator]

I just looove the L.E.D front lights on the R8!! Hate the "klicking sound" when he shifts :/

[nivin69]

this bloke is a jeremy clarkson wannabe. poser

[chrisMOd]

not everybody can be the origional. if you watch enough of his vids, you'll see he's actually pretty knowledgable. stop being a whiner.

[urdisturbing]

Yeah, but if I had a team of writers I'd be knowledgable too.

[braveheart1345]

what kind of watch is he wearing?

[easzygoing]

rolex gmt master 2 with a black brazzel

[newmuslim]

Can you be more specific! Lol!

[wojhtec]

I love it hearing you talking about all those great cars :)

pleeeeaaase let me share with you ;)

[shiftin5thto6th]

i like how when the track was wet he was faster...

[bargd73]

I would hope they kept that car rwd biased, the driveshaft is installed non-parallel. there is two different length shafts going to the front, not to mention all that heat never getting satisfied. Why don't they go build a symmetrical boxer as a standard. Audi has always been crazy, like a saab (excpet saabs are a bit smarter). I like the reviews, for my poor mans conversation only.

[kbernard98]

Very good review, dude. I enjoyed it!!

[jak30wnsu]

this car is soo.. good!!

[DaveCarMad]

By the way, he complains allot about the open gear box, which i believe in itself is great looking and Audi where right to leave it that way.

[DaveCarMad]

Well technically Volkswagen do own Audi, Skoda, Porsche and naturally enough Volkswagen. So at the moment Volkswagen own everything. Now i do not know about Porsche buying them out. and until this happens they don't. But the way this presenter said it, it was Porsche that DO own it and Always have owned it.

Audi is a great car, and he made it out to be that they weren't. the point is that this guy needs to wise up and realize that Audi is as good a car as BMW, Porsche, if not better.

[Ikarus65]

VW does own Audi, Skoda, Seat and Bugatti. It does not own Porsche, though. It's rather Porsche, that owns 30% of VW, likely to rise to 51% soon.

[canadabuon]

cant compare to 997 GT3 RS by handling ..i dont know what the hell he was talking about ..how come R8 can be better than GT3 RS.??

[Lemantech]

in the wet it is faster...and beleive it or not the r8 has beaten the gt3 rs and gt3 on many tracks...il'll post the times if you like.

[8MunchenBayern8]

GT3 would devour an R8 on a dry track.

[Lemantech]

not true.... hear are some laptimes in the dry: Vairano (Quattroruote) Lap Times:

12. 1'18"460 - 117.46 Kph - Ferrari F430 Spyder F1 (Pzero Rosso)

13. 1'18"460 - 115.70 Kph - Audi R8

14. 1'18"540 - 117.34 Kph - Porsche 997 GT3 RS (Michelin Pilot Sport Cup, ALAIN PROST)

15. 1'18"992 - 116.67 Kph - Porsche 996 GT2 (462hp)

[cap1adrian]

the guy must be the lame version of jeremy..he doesn't know about audi quattro..oh come on..my mom heard abut it! and i wouldn't let him drive me to the supermarket

[bigbossman999]

dude your fucking dumb this guy works for one of the biggest car magazines in the world and these little videos are extras you get with the magazine. He gets to drive these cars before even clarkson does. Check out the review he did on the scuderia and the new aston dbs for example. Dont hate on someone you dont even know

[DaveCarMad]

listen to manishing000, lol.

better than Jeremy Clarkson, take it you dont get out much!

Yes i do own an Audi, but i also own a BMW, both brand new. Believe it or not, i would rather drive my Audi.

I would you have a bitter taste against Audi, making that statement.

The man has no knowledge about cars, he probably reads a book on it the night before.

[bigbossman999]

dude your fucking dumb this guy works for one of the biggest car magazines in the world and these little videos are extras you get with the magazine. He gets to drive these cars before even clarkson does. Check out the review he did on the scuderia and the new aston dbs for example. Dont hate on someone you dont even know

[manishing000]

Great review. This guy is way better than Jeremy Clarkson and his crew. Opposing some of the negative comments posted here which are probably written by audi owners ,it's obvious that he has enough knowledge about cars and drives quite well.

[AJT305]

this guy doesn't even know what gear to put it in

[CharlieF1989]

Chris is actually an extremely good driver. Much better than Clarkson for all those people who seem to think he's the best driver.

Watch a video on autocar where chris drives an extremely bad stint in terms of weather and accidents. Loads of extremely good racing drivers in the Nurburgring 24hr go off and he stays on and does extremely well gaining a lot of places and setting fast lap times against pro and semi pro drivers.

[ITW84]

he obviously hasnt heard of

the audi quattro

the audi rs4

the audi rs6

amognst others

all great "drivers cars"

and with the chocolate bar thing

stop pretending to be jeremy clarkson

[iainc1977]

What a bad presenter!

"As good as BMW is at making chocolate bars"!!?? What?

"If this thing doesn't win, I'll be very surprised" Win what?

No real insight into the car at all.

[TJW1979]

'Win what?'

Does the title of the video clip 'Best Handling Car 2007' not suggest some sort of contest? Hit the 'About This Video' info link...

[DaveCarMad]

This boy really has no clue about cars!! My dad drives a Audi S8 and adores it (great car). So does the Audi qauttro not include as a class sports car, i thought it changed the way of cars, with its quattro technology!

I drive an a4 3.0tdi and i adore that to! Audi are one of the best built and designed cars! By the way he states that Porsche own Audi, i thought Volkswagen did!!! Please state if am right or worng, please.

[arifdesign]

salam...peace

regarding porsche owned audi...technically is porsche bought shares of company volkswagen. at present somehow porsche business is good compare to volkswagen with lots of problems. so there is rumors that porsche might by the VW share that might turn them into the biggest shareholder (if germen goverment permit). so if porsche owned VW it will own audi.

[REDO5R1]

YOUR RIGHT HE IS PAINFUL TO LISTEN TO.

[kingpinsam1]

meh, this guy's pretty painful to listen to

[FenderUsa]

i like this reviwer

[a4qt]

and this is coming from a guy that bought the M3 as his personal car. Loves the R8 as did everyone else in the test. Unanimous!

[Drugsofthefuture]

That guy is a good presenter. Which is rare these days.

[meanubeanu]

NICE

[RICKJAMES7]

This guy said that Audi does`nt make good drivers cars. erm RS6 RS4? I think this guy will never be on Top Gear. Whats he doing reviewing cars anyway?

[Konig1985]

rickjames7 -> so u think this guy can never be on top gear? THANK GOD! I think his no nonsense presentation style that informs you about cars instead of telling you lame jokes and designing fabricated meaningless competitions is what made him popular with viewers who had the cash to buy those cars, and unpopular with viewers with no cash but all the time to daydream about those cars.

[RICKJAMES7]

Im sorry did I get you a little emotional. This guy obviously doesnt have enough knowlege on cars, whereas the top gear crew have. Am i guessing is this guy your boyfriend or something?

[bigbossman999]

dude your fucking dumb this guy works for one of the biggest car magazines in the world and these little videos are extras you get with the magazine. He gets to drive these cars before even clarkson does. Check out the review he did on the scuderia and the new aston dbs for example. Dont hate on someone you dont even know, and dont diss konig it looks like jeremy clarkson is your bf the way your talking lol, i think both are good reviewers,

[RICKJAMES7]

You stuttered 3 times you tart. Is that your fella stabbing you from behind. And dont start off a comment with dude, cos you sound like an american monkey. Are you saying autocar and your fella is more known than clarkson and topgear? You didnt hear a stutter in that did you Mr Big Boy Boss Bloke.

[userinsitu]

bigboss is right you know. you don't work for one of the longest surviving car mags unless you know your stuff. Chris Harris can drive, i saw him drift a 911 in a vid, probably as good as Tiff of 5th gear. Clarkson could probably go sideways as long as the TG editing guys allow him to, really painful to look at his driving to be honest.

[cap1adrian]

yeah..right...he is much better than clarkson..have you ever seen the chalenges he faced? he drove a SLR acros the continent....how many times have you seen jeremy miss a gear???like this bag of poatoes here!!anyway...u'r full of shit!!

[userinsitu]

you do know most if not all of his challenges were fixed right? they were designed to make Clarkson look good on TV that's all.

[RICKJAMES7]

and you get this from?

[rubbishpoo1]

I don't understand who you're agreeing with? You're contradicting yourself throughout.

[jammany2k]

um.....you would consider a TT over an r8? might as well stay with the TT then, you hairdresser, they look pretty similar.

[abrahampek]

What a wanker.

[p3nN673]

R8's less than half the price......

[googill]

Bugatti Veyron has 1001 BHP and goes 253 MPH

[adm924s]

Best Handling Car.....

[CwG0d]

you do know vw own bugatti... audi own vw.. audi r8 and veyron have the same body.. suspension... drive train.. gear system.. cluth.. only difference is veyron was an experiment to see how first they could actually get a car to go.... :|

[Lemantech]

CwG0d...your are worng....the veyron does not share that many parts at all with the r8.

[googill]

Bugatti Veyron is way better but that still brill car

[jcbiddulph]

sum1 on my street has 1!

[Beermonkeyv1]

why was he changing the gears with so much force?!?!?1

[tattysmith]

Its quicker to throw it into gear, the less time you spend with the clutch down, the more time you spend on the fast pedal.

[flybywir]

On a recent visit to the Audi research and development facility at Ingolstadt, West Germany, a member of our party, himself a German design engineer, confirmed to me that BMW in collaboration with Audi, were indeed

developing a V12,Turbo powered,rear engined 4 wheel drive chocolate bar,(Snickers based)to directly compete with the R8.....

[wwwtonyleegbcom]

It's a bit irritating having the camera pov bounce around. Can't you invest in a camera bracket?

[ILIKECAPITALS]

i love that car!

[alej469]

Nice review Chris!

[marko3296]

its going to need a new gearbox by the time he is done

[s8n667]

lol. fair point. i agree :)

[PunterCam]

Strange reading these comments, I thought he seemed pretty decent there! Funny how the first thing I thought when I drove it was 'this sounds pretty ordinary, I thought this was an 8250rpm v8?!'

[owaingibby]

What a knob!

Might have to leave Autocar magazine on the shelf next time, I dont want to be paying for somebody like him to make a twat of himself for us

[flybywir]

I've actually seen BMW Chocolate bars,(fruit & nut), on sale in a small village in south western Germany,as a matter of fact.........

[alej469]

And the random fact of the day award goes to you! :-D

[flybywir]

SILLY!!!!............

[casselskeep]

What a cunt.

[MaxSafeheaD]

I do love the looks and sound of that car ... I hope it's not better than a kit car though or I'll have to get a proper job sooner or later =/

[s8n667]

what a twat

[Alzy11]

No no I must disagree "TWATS" are useful that wasn't