Audi R8 V10 | evo REVIEW

evo's Dan Prosser tests the brand new Audi R8 V10 on road and on track. Does it deliver? Watch to find out.
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[@CastleRockable]

The older generation R8 looks sleeker and more modern than this one...

[@Krauser1226]

I thought the same thing at first. Something about sharpening off its edges didn't sit well with me. I'll be honest, it's still growing on me and I find myself liking it more and more compared to the prior gen, but I'm inclined to agree with you.

[@JeDxDeVu]

Sofa King You can't judge a car before you've seen it in the flesh

[@marcodavid1061]

Jesse D Absolutely right man !!!

[@harryc266]

No It doesn't

[@luv2uagain]

Sofa King Indeed

[@Pete762]

Am I the only one who loves the looks of the new R8?? Some of you should wait until you see one in person ,it will probably change your mind

[@markus499]

***** you're not alone

[@chrisvela5462]

I like it. Everyone complains how it resembles the TT as if it were an ugly car.

[@thesocialnetlurk5347]

+Chris Vela it's is ugly though...

[@lexfrancis5916]

+Chris Vela uglier than the previous tt

[@dr7363]

+needraintodrift i love the looks to

[@HarizHafiGarden]

Lol all these people complaining not like they can afford it anyway

[@TheEryk03]

Hariz Hafi Haters gonna hate. BMw and Mercedes fanboys saw epic super car from Audi and they are mad as fuck so they hate on this.

[@iLLGT2]

Not everyone ;)

[@HarizHafiGarden]

TheHerbaIist Ok then

[@TheEryk03]

+Gwyn Bleidd (MurcielagoLP92) Audi had sports cars when BMW doesn't exist... 1930 Auto union V16 mid engine supercsr with 2 supercharges and more than 500 ps.

[@xmetalkingx]

5:10 An ant!

[@saucybackport]

xmetalkingx get a life :P

[@nigmosh65]

Ermahgurdz!

[@HuhWhydough]

that ant produces 745bhp so gf r8 😉

[@222vessel]

+xmetalkingx LOL

[@bondjamesbond5580]

🤣

[@williepitman]

Dan Prosser is an alright reviewer but let's be serious, where is Jethro???

[@WeJustDrive]

William P Isn't he boring to you? I mean I don't dislike the guy, but he is so fucking dull. Jethro is the man.

[@MercSLRFan]

WeJustDrive This guy makes still water seem downright fizzy.

[@pd4165]

William P D-a-l-e-k-s a-r-e m-o-r-e e-x-p-r-e-s-i-v-e

[@Sabrermk42]

WeJustDrive Maybe I'm the only one but I genuinely prefer his more laid back, cool style. I hate all these psuedo-poet car reviewers throwing out every adjective they can just to seem creative. Dan comes across like a an enthusiastic friend describing a test drive, for me it's refreshing. I understand he's not for everyone but unless you've got the attention span of a child he isn't worth complaining about.

[@MercSLRFan]

Sabrermk42 It's not that he wouldn't want more verve and flair in his reviews, it's just that he hasn't got any.

[@Neawoulf]

Looks like the new R8 is the better Huracan.

[@pauljones3017]

Yeah

[@shaft9000]

Neawoulf it's certainly the better driver's car.

[@derbigpr500]

shaft9000 I wonder how you came to that conclusion without ever seeing either of them in person, let alone driving them.... "certainly the better drivers car"....the bullshit some people write nowadays, unbelievable. I'm not saying it's not, but you can't know that and jumping into conclusions is something stupid people do. On top of it, every review of the Huracan suggests it's a great drivers car. Even Motor Trend (who usually hate Lambos) said it takes the performance and driving dynamics to a different level even compared to a Ferrari 488.

[@bugbreadbuns]

Neawoulf yeah lol, if i had the money and wanted a lambo id just go for the aventador...if not then get this and save like 80 grand or whatever

[@shaft9000]

derbigpr500 one word: power-understeer. "the bullshit" you're referring to is every other reviewer that's driven one commenting how disappointed they were with the handling on-throttle. R8s have always been a more lively setup than the comparable Lamborghini's. It's not bullshit if it's common knowledge proven time and again, chief.

[@beeeneee]

wow EVO, for once no audi hate! I am surprised, good video!

[@kilove1]

beeeneee i was thinking the same thing..very surprising...

[@beeeneee]

***** of course they are. You must know.

[@heamees4822]

Yes they are

[@heamees4822]

Yes they are

[@heamees4822]

Yes they are

[@Rahhhhhnman]

Well done Dan, a succinct, accurate review, thanks for the quality video EVO.

[@DhruvGuptaDG]

Great job as always guys! Your production standards are right up there with the best sans the bullshit some channels are pulling to pay for watching their videos. Keep up the good work guys.

[@BeBarnee]

I wanted to see some big drifts to see how much the car can go into oversteer. Guess I'll have to wait for a Chris Harris review for that.. :P

[@Weekender83]

Awesome video DAN!

[@KingStivan]

love this new TT

[@AresWasTaken]

Ha...ha...ha. Can you be any more original?

[@KingStivan]

Son_0f_Ares can't beat Audi to that sorry

[@harryc266]

Well I wouldn't say no. And neither would you fuck tard

[@yvesx4x]

haha I was thinking just the same!

[@AresWasTaken]

KingStivan can you design 12 different models?

[@jaimetaffouraud6434]

great work! love your videos

[@maxmarseille2777]

Getting much more natural at these reviews Dan, good job!

[@Vic292]

I saw someone driving this on the highway yesterday. It was an older model though. I had to just stop and stare lol. Beautiful dream car!

[@dolphinoegglet7263]

I like this guy, he has good technical knowledge and driving ability, I just wish I could feel his excitement at times. (unless supercars aren't really Dan's thing then it will all make sense.)

[@tan9640]

That said this is a great review

[@yoITSFARIS]

i liked this review. Good no-nonsense reviewer too. Keep it up Evo

[@camscars8380]

the r8 v10 plus is my dream car love it so much!!!

[@kingkong2798]

I still wish the carbon side blade was one piece

[@kreationlaboratory1635]

Great review, EVO are putting the best video's out at the moment! Are you watching Autocar?

[@kamata93]

Glad I'm not the only one who like banging the Rev Limiter. Good job on the review!

[@magdalenah1]

simply ...feel the power vorsprung durch technik ...i love that car..

[@apollo9782]

Wow! That was fast! Great driving!

[@Doupik]

6:00 noon: "how does it perform on the race track? circuit is just 30 minutes away" arrives in complete darkness :-D

[@kraenk12]

Great photography, great looking and sounding car! Can't wait to see one on the road. But hey...don't hit the rev-limiter damnit!

[@sheruwalia7450]

really anticipating seeing these in person!

[@WEIMYBIMMER]

very cool but i would love to see it in your other track to compare the numbers..

[@AzraelIgnis]

Night driving on a seemingly unfamiliar track and that car still handles like a dream.

[@Fahoumination]

gotta give this reviewer a thumbs up, not a single lamborghini huracan comparison or mentioning that it has the same engine, chassis or gear box. no hate either! nicely done

[@MarcoTav18]

Nice review! Dan Prosser looks somewhate like Carlos Lago from Motor Trend, right?

[@brtnspn]

***WHEN*** will the time come when we can see the road from the onboard cameras to sense how the car behaves and perhaps see some cool driving roads (for longer than 3 seconds), as opposed to a dude driving and talking? Him should be B-roll, not 80% of the video.

[@htpzt]

brtnspn I guess you'll have to watch Matt Farahs One Take videos.

[@lightbulbisbright]

I know. I. really wish they would use those Camera angles

[@WeJustDrive]

brtnspn That's how I feel. As a driver I want to see the characteristics of the car in relation to the roads it's on combined with the driver input. That's why I was such a fan of their onboard vidoes from car of the year, with a proper driver behind the wheel.

[@rgos_rho]

We just filmed, critiqued the older variant today. Vid is live on our channel and or web site. Looking at this model in the vidoc, the older variant had the best aesthetics.

[@gamewithwayne4831]

good review for a great car 👌

[@monochromecandle]

I've been waiting for the Evo video review and based on this I think I'd have one over a Huracan.

[@Tomskii5]

Russell Jones Same engine if I'm not mistaken so if you don't mind buying a car that says Lamborghini but says Made in Germany everywhere than that's your car :)

[@monochromecandle]

Tomskii5 yep, same engine, more than likely the chassis as well as gearbox and all wheel drive system. What the R8 appears to offer over the Huracan is a more involving drive. Huracan reviews seem to convey a very understeer biased set up, at least according to evo the R8s set up is more lively.

[@TheBigboySid]

Russell Jones Huracan rear end is a big NO for me though. Yes people will still turn their heads for it, but just because its loud and its a lambo

[@pingwong117]

Glorious video! Good job. Faith in the R8 restored,for a little.

[@3smike]

nice review, lost me thought when compared to gt3 or speciale....

[@v_alexiadis]

Great stuff. You're coming into your own Dan. Regarding the car, I'd prefer this over the Huracan. It's the same underneath, it's more attractive from the outside and so, so much better inside. Audi has done a great job.

[@toyotalexus69]

Superb

[@ryosakamoto0828]

My dream car. The R8 sounds beautiful

[@bmos02]

you've gotta work on your driving while talking, listening to you hitting that rev limiter over and over is not great

[@bmos02]

great job with the commentary 'though!

[@pwoodson21]

William Thieme i seriously cringed every single time....its up shift in flappy paddle c'mon

[@bmos02]

JON BON Wow, I didn't notice he was driving in manual mode. That is a rather off-putting 'feature.' I suppose that's just one more reason to get a pre-owned model with a gated 6-speed ;)

[@pwoodson21]

no i haven't, it seriously does? why? terrible idea

[@bmos02]

JON BON well it doesn't to pwoodson and I...

[@cieje34]

It sounds like he's bouncing off the limiter.

[@mro9466]

C Jones it's sounds better this way :D

[@cieje34]

No doubt, I love this car!

[@cupair]

C Jones yes. guess he went to 8750/8700rpm quite a few times ... :)

[@mo7ra1]

N/A Engines can be rev limited. 911 GT3, R8, Aventador it wont hurt the engine

[@lifeaddicts6323]

Yo, how many times did this dude run in to the rev limiter tho?

[@audiwankenobi361]

how were you managing to bump the rev limiter soooo much?!

[@winglessang31]

I love atmospheric engines. Of course turbo are nice but the purity of n/a is awesome. Especially when making this kind of hp.

[@KyotrixRunescape]

Good video :) my dream car!

[@chakflying1]

I have always thought of the old R8 as misproportioned to down right ugly, but this thing, this thing has some style.

[@bmx687]

Is it naturally aspirated? If so i think thats awesome

[@ghaithns]

Impressive shots on the circuit :-s

[@kingmidas704]

Why does he keep rev-ing to the red line limiter?

[@pwoodson21]

if you could NOT bang the limiter while accelerating, especially in a paddle shifter, thad be great! thx

[@upthinker2336]

amazing car

[@brucemacdonald5532]

Sounds fantastic hitting the limiter!

[@razatiger22]

its deff a design that is growing on me, i did not love it at first, but am coming to appreciate it the more i see it, probably still the best budget supercar around and would take it over a lifeless gtr anyday.

[@HesteBremse]

It´s a great car and it sounds absolutely fantastic - But even if I had the money for such a car I would not dream about the R8 and I can not really explain why. Nice review thanks :)

[@zondabooze8422]

Why no gated shifter?

[@uhugvjkbkjh]

Just watching this and my wife thought Dan Prosser was Jenson Button - hope I made his day

[@marcosrubson192]

amazing, this car is probably my next goal

[@gr0schibre572]

What's wrong between you and the rev limiter?

[@Emilioh888]

Great video. But why don't you show us more the interior and the new techy stuff. Also, it wouldn't hurt to point out some negatives about the car. Its nice to have a balanced review from time to time. But again thanks for the video.

[@Unb3arablePain]

Yes, I agree the old exterior looks better, but the new interior is 10 times better. Plus now the R8 has over 600HP, chairman hit 200mph, and is better performing. I think it's a good trade. Don't worry, all of you will love the looks in about a year, just like what happened with the older R8 models that everyone called "ugly" when they first came out.

[@TheTmat007]

I disagree. This model looks better to me. It looks more athletic and exotic.

[@denniskwok7613]

Enjoyed the vid. Could you spend a bit more time showing the interior next time?

[@nicholasvitiello5567]

I like this guy as a reviewer.

[@YoungDen]

This one is way better then the first and I like this one better. Faster, more comfort and refined. It just looks better with every color scheme as opposed to last generation

[@martinsvenberg]

7:54 I can't hear what he says... Which circuit is it?

[@andershifdt6847]

Was repeatedly lapped by 4 of these last time I went to the Nürburgring. These things were spanking everything around there, including a brand new GT3 RS.

[@sunilsolanki]

What is meant by Back it in to a corner? Is that braking while turning? Or is it some type of Scandinavian flick?

[@saucybackport]

sunil solanki just like with FWD you can't flick R8 but you can under break and squish more speed out of the corner. You can't be that aggressive with RWD or oversteering car cause you'll just spin out. Scandinavian flick is an RWD alternative to under breaking - controlled drift

[@zyoungson]

+Wily Werewolf u off yr rockers m8.

[@sunilsolanki]

+Wily Werewolf pretty sure that's NOT correct.

[@saucybackport]

sunil solanki what a pointless diss - you might have as well scream at the monitor in a hope that i'll hear you and understand my mistake

[@treyfropter2636]

OMG I want that car so bad!!! I love the blue!!!

[@Pinoycwoker]

It's not a Honda, you don't need to bounce the redline between shifts lol.

[@rafalopez4009]

At 5:54 that road bump was massive when we got it fast in the other direction haha

[@sleeprelaxmusicclub5431]

What about interior?

[@jasonl4954]

why is every review saying the car has a lot of grip w/ p zero tires. Isnt super sport cup better than PZero?

[@AlaaBenz]

I never liked the old model, but hey this one looks pretty good.

[@Te1ecastermaster]

How does this guy get a job as a video personality? Speaking of personality, he has none. The only thing less inspired than Audi's new R8 design, is this guys amount of enthusiasm.

[@petejwill2650]

Pitch black?

[@TheBrokenEclipse]

I really want to see this car versus the Huracan. Both seems to be awesome cars

[@TheAslakVind]

Much better analysis than his colleagues at Evo. What a great guy, so factual!

[@Simon-rg7ly]

sweet

[@genericallyaccepted]

8,700... Love it

[@pascalmpower7944]

It uses the same Haldex AWD, the torque transfer is slow and still put so much power at the front even it's a RWD biased AWD. More throttle= push, coz power will be sent to the front when it start over steer, they really need to turn hard and gain some slides from turn in to balance the under steering rate. Audi's engineer is kind of strange, they make light cars handles bulky.

[@Phoenix_1006]

Nice color!

[@TheEryk03]

LAUNCH CONTROL 東瀛戰神 Do you even saw the video? Fuck you hater,

[@pascalmpower7944]

tsinita _ I watched it already mate, He kept reaching the rev limit too, which is stupid. But you don't have to fuck people even if they didn't watch it. Be a Gentlemen. There's a lady up there.

[@TheEryk03]

LAUNCH CONTROL 東瀛戰神 You are that stupid that you can't even answer to proper person... And what ever you say, R8 is a perfect supercar.

[@pascalmpower7944]

TheEryk03 I don't even respect or care about you (based on knowledge), ok R8 is a perfect supercar, then disprove my handling statement I'll give you 6 mins then I'll leave.

[@rivedbeat6392]

prize?

[@Kaisuke971]

2015 R8 actually looks like it was an Old Concept for the previous generation R8. The R8 LMX looks years ahead of the 610hp R8 V10 Plus.

[@ChuckS117]

Love the new steering wheel.

[@MiniKeum67]

Nice review. This new R8 is not surprising at all, especially the exterior look. It is really the twin of the Huracàn, more than the old R8 and Gallardo. The only bad thing about this supercar for me is the price, very near from the start price of the Ferrari 488 GTB...

[@obiwun32]

Evo, please bring back Jethro for these reviews. Dan doesn't appear to have the driving experience to fully exploit the abilities of a car like this, how can he really understand what is happening at or beyond the limit. Jethro portrays the full spectrum of the cars personality because he can drive its wheels off and his enthusiasm and enjoyment shines through.

[@EastingAndNorthing]

He hit the rev limiter at least 5 times this video. Don't do that, man.

[@sturat18]

2:53 I thought there was this great transition talking about how the car goes from loud and 'supercar'-like to quiet and supple... and then the clip is of the R8 going full bore. Just a nuance I thought was an editing miss. Nice video. Nice car.

[@davidjcronin]

I know it was getting dark at the track but why no footage from outside the car...? Because the driver can't control it like some of his contemporaries?

[@Nemoticon]

...but will it blend?

[@thejaylim27]

Don't understand why the new R8 is getting so much hate. I think it looks great. It looks fresh.

[@DkKristie]

Why does he keep hitting the rev limiter

[@WhoIsDeyman]

Naturally aspirated?

[@theokan89]

the only audi that actually doesnt trick the customer by selling leathered up volkswagens.

[@jh5kl]

thoravian lel, you missed the target by miles. that comment belongs to bentley videos son

[@theokan89]

jh5kl yes you're right, this one is shit too :)

[@Dance1617]

If you think there is a luxury brand that is doesn't the same you are sadly mistakened. It is very difficult to make a profitable car. So they use old bits ti make a new car in places they think you won't notice most.

[@Vic292]

Drive a Volkswagen then drive an Audi and you will see a HUGE difference in build quality. Two completely different driving experiences.

[@theokan89]

Vic292 except I cant seem to find either a volkswagen or an audi...they're all recalled AHAHAHAHA

[@nest1x]

Ausfahrt.tv Look at this, the exact car you had for a review! :-)

[@Pandamasque]

RANDOM CAPTIONS seem to be deliberately placed to be as distracting as possible.

[@antoniodias3145]

Lool

[@vetty8751]

I prefer the older R8 but this one is decent looking as well

[@mrflyingsourcer3515]

I pray that they make a 6 speed gated manual

[@AleksandrHalas]

Light version of porsche of course after Cayman

[@OCofthe3]

You have to read between his words a bit. Let me translate a bit: when he says it's very stable he actually means the car has tons of understeer and is really not that fun.

[@tan9640]

Why not henry