The Audi generally is a name still not familiar with the people here, I mean Malaysia
Since the Audi R8 had made its debut to the public, the R8 has been compared by the media and publicists with Porsche and Lamborghini, notably the 911 Carrera 2s and Gallardo LP560-4. The only difference between these three supercars is that the Gallardo isn’t a daily car. And since theexistence of R8, Porsche isn’t the default-choice for an everyday car. This comparison ignites brothers’ rivalry among them. Yes, you hear me, brothers’ rivalry and I am not getting it all wrong. While everyone out there admiring the Lambo and Porsche, with less knowing much about Audi, condemning and disputing which car is the better one, does anyone knows that all these three giant car-makers are actually ‘brothers’? (Some might flabbergasted to hear this) Both Audi and Lamborghini are subsidiaries of Europe largest carmaker Volkswagen (Some who flabbergasted might in total perplex, yes it is Volkswagen that are portrayed only producing ‘beetle cars’ by most of Malaysians ). Ironically, Volkswagen is a brother-company of Porsche.
And so the comparison between Audi R8 V10 and Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 is something cliché like German-made against Italian-made. After all it isn’t that cliché, since it does not involves old foes of Ferrari vs Porsche or Lamborghini vs Porsche or the Italians against Mercedes’ supercars. With 518bhp powered 5.2 litre engine, the R8 V10 accelerates to 60mph in under 4sec, 12sec to 124mph, a breakthrough performance that place the R8 into supercar territory. As predicted by many, the R8 V10 cost as same as the Porsche 911 Turbo when it arrives in the UK this summer, with price tag of 99,575 pound sterling. Yet the R8 V10 has more intriguing comparison with the Lambo Gallardo LP560-4. Both have the most fundamental similarities; the same V10 engine and automated manual gearbox, and their aluminium body and chassis.
Engine-wise, what makes both V10 engines distinguishable? It is their engines’ intakes and exhaust system and mapping. Software calibration is the factor of difference between the Audi’s gearboxes and the Lambo’s, while the R8 V10 could have the same horsepower of 552bhp.
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