Audi R8 BATTLE: Can The Old R8 Beat The New One?! |4K

Rory heads to the test track and pits the original MK1 Audi R8 V8 Manual against the facelift V10 and the last ever R8 V10 GT RWD to see how the models compare.
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[@AutoTraderTV]

Which is your favourite R8? The MK1 Manual V8, MK1.5 Auto V10, or MK2 RWD V10

[@jeremyfong5684]

Unfortunately the facelifted model shown here is the LMX if I'm not wrong

[@God_emperor_Doom]

Absolutely love that OG r8 Looks elegante 👌🏻 But for speed and investment purposes gonna take that r8 GT

[@casey2732]

Love them all but this GT... UFFF❤ I know that it has to be already annoying for You Rory but your reviews are simply EPIC.

[@rajchoudhury5130]

All great cars but MK1 looks the best for me. IROBOT

[@richardlabeja]

R8 V10 2020. Later versions had muffled exhaust sound.

[@markalden]

the R8 Gen1 was my absolute dream car when I was a kid - and I am super grateful to say I own one

[@theone7644]

OK, show us. We don't believe you

[@deepakchoudhary6442]

@@theone7644 Did you even bother to check his channel?

[@R8_Jake]

Really? Mark has a KZbin channel too where his R8 features a lot👍

[@mauripekkarinen1]

​@@theone7644Jealous much?

[@TheThink5op]

Well done mate. Enjoy it for the rest of us

[@richardlabeja]

The Golden age of cars has been and gone. The R8 was a fantastic contribution from Audi.

[@audiwankenobi361]

Everyone has made that statement before in some point in history....i just can't ever say that it's true.

[@LOTUSELISE340R]

The GMA T50, Porsche 911 S/T, Lamborghini Sterrato, Ariel Atom 4R, McMurty Speirling, and many others would might beg to differ.

[@NoName-st6zc]

@@audiwankenobi361 This time it is. The best cars, especially looking from an emotional perspective, have been made.

[@rambolambo007]

all eco boxes compared to a 66 mustang which would hand those cars a good beating for being a good car@@LOTUSELISE340R

[@colinhawks2469]

@@audiwankenobi361we’re definitely entering a “dark age” at least

[@carswithsonduren]

Fell in love with my 2008 Audi R8 since the Iron Man movie and to this day I absolutely love this car and feel so privileged to own it.

[@MBUOffical]

How’s the maintenance on it? I was thinking about one but I don’t know about maintenance

[@carswithsonduren]

I have owned it for 6 years now@@MBUOffical. Super reliable for a car like this and not super expensive. I got a bunch of videos on my channel you can check out on the R8!

[@michaelarwas8466]

@@MBUOffical I have one. Maintenance has been fairly brutal for me. On top of regular servicing and heavy road tax I’ve had mag ride replacement (1k per corner), some paint to fix some areas of light corrosion and I still need to do the air con compressor (4k as engine needs to come out). They are not cheap to run.

[@GangsterDolphins]

@@michaelarwas84664k seems a bit steep for air compressor replacement. Surely you can get it done somewhere else for cheaper

[@Sheldon42]

Engine DO NOT need to come out for compressor. And you buy the same compressor from VAG for peanuts. Mag ride - rebuild them, also not expensive. I need to do the clutch, V10 clutch is about 1500-2000|, good for 100k km. @@michaelarwas8466

[@rrj1977]

You could indeed get the mk1 with a V10 and a manual gearbox

[@Jake.brazier]

Yeah. I’m assuming he means the facelift which didn’t get a manual option

[@-_--le3zk]

​@@Jake.brazierin my opinion the original looks the best, so i guess a win win situation

[@rrj1977]

@@Jake.brazier it actually did...but they are vere rare

[@kings3803]

Yer and it would be a great car. 420 bhp and 180 mph is bloody fast. Like really fast especially if you are coming from 140 bhp honda civic and like you said the click clack of a grated manual

[@LukeyBoi88]

Glad someone else mentioned this. There's 6 for sale on Autotrader currently, not like he works for them or anything 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kile_musicmax4376]

The Blue one here is a timeless classic. 40k pounds is nothing for this masterpiece

[@markalden]

defnitely

[@cedrick305]

The first and second generation are so cool looking but the third one not so much.

[@R8_Jake]

Sadly you won’t find a LMX for £40k. You’d be lucky to find one for double that. High mileage pre facelift R-Tronic V10’s maybe yeah.

[@jafooli]

​@@R8_Jakeyeah they shouldn't have put it as 40k. More like 50k

[@Quentin_marsens]

​@@jafooli no way, it's LMX version (99 units). Today's it cost 100k€ at least. Some are for sale at 150k€ 🥲

[@rjeez95]

Wanted the R8 since i was 9 years old and Got the mk1 V8 Manual last July and it's been a dream, expensive on the petrol dream lmao!

[@darkchild130]

The v8 is my aspirational dream car. Still can't afford it!

[@TheKacper2001]

They did offer a manual v10 R8 indeed

[@joedesi99]

They did. Including a spyder.

[@AntoniusTyas]

Seeing OY07MHL back in TopGear test track felt nostalgic. Now all we need is... I don't know, Alex with a 997.1 Carrera S? Also, OY07MHL was once stricken off Audi's press fleet and got sold. Audi UK themselves admit it was a mistake not to keep an R8 V8 on their historic fleet. But then they found OY07MHL up for sale and bought it back... in a sorry state. Heritage division spent 13 months restoring it and recommissioning it as their fleet until today. Also also you can get manual R8 V10. Will cost you something like GBP50-70k depending on the condition. Get the early V10 manual, you'll be mesmerised by just how good the R8 V10 manual is. Beautiful steering, beautiful balance, fantastic engine and gearbox, and properly usable for everyday stuffs.

[@DrivewithPaul]

I owned OY07MHL for a while, and it was lovely when I had it. The mag ride suspension had just been replaced, the interior and exterior were lovely. I used it for a friends wedding. really regretted selling it almost immediately. It clearly went downhill after I sold it.

[@king89053]

Couldn’t stop smiling when I realised that this is the very R8 that was featured on Top Gear. 😢

[@dirtygrill]

The prices quoted here are incredibly misleading. 25k will get you into a high miles catagorised V8 that will need 10k+ to put in acceptable condition. Likewise with the V10. 40k buys you bottom of the barrel that will also need 5 figures invested to put right. Also the LMX you're driving will be more than double the price to get into. The gen1 V10 was available with a manual in all trims except for the GT (rtronic) and the LMX (stronic). Shame the researchers let this video down as the content is pretty good aside from those points.

[@AreaCode865]

I had thought the quoted figures sounded more like trade price than retail - thanks for the enlightenment. I guess we get more excited thinking we can afford one, then reality strikes 😕😅

[@ethanbailey7247]

Bought mine 6 months ago after being obsessed with them since watching iron man as a kid. Mine is a V8 manual, I can’t ever see myself parting ways with it

[@spinnetti]

Same. I don't drive it much, but can't see selling it either. Just turned 30k miles.

[@Under_Construction100]

Some of the best KZbin moments is seeing Mr Rory Reid on an original Top Gear track ❤

[@cylentone]

For me, the MK1 R8 was the most interesting because of the design, since it contrasted the hard geometric lines of Lamborghini. When the R8 design was also changed to be hard & geometric, it came much closer to the Huracan and in the end, it seemed to be a budget calculation to decide between both.

[@R8_Jake]

Really should have done some fact checking first.. 😄 Gen 1 for ‘around’ £25k? Not even the ropiest high mileage category x car on AT is that. The gen 1 V10 pre facelift and facelift cars came with a manual. Lastly, a gen 1 LMX for £40k? I’ll have 2 of those please🙏🙏

[@mikecave4665]

Exactly! £25k???!! The best V8 examples are still fetching £40k ....any v10 at that price is gonna be ropey at best!

[@wasimakujee5627]

Couldn’t finish this video too many errors , you most definitely can buy a v10 gen 1 manual and number 2 you can’t get a manual v8 r8 for 25k atleast 30k plus 35k for good one probably abit less even then at that price absolute bargain gen 1 r8 looks so gorjeous and beautiful

[@JustDriveFlatOut]

great video, quality is just on another level and Rory you did a great job!

[@geoffchaplin2123]

Great review !🎉

[@miguelqueiroga5309]

Really Amazing video !! Really great cars all the R8 , but the two last ones are amazing !!! Congras from Portugal !!

[@AreaCode865]

Really awesome content here Rory, thanks very much 👌

[@amcmoongod]

Great job 👏

[@robertpassaro4089]

What a pleasure to see a skilled and confident driver in an automotive KZbin review.

[@OCDAthleteOfficial]

Great video

[@marcusbingham1625]

Gorgeous beast of a car, so lovely to look at inside & out

[@DD-fc1rv]

Top video again 👍

[@charleskrasucki2321]

I wish these prices were accurate here in the US. The cheapest clean title MK1 R8 with the V8 and manual is $67,000, and an automatic can be found in the $50,000 range.

[@Charles.von.Hoefen]

WoW - thanks 🙏

[@aneebaba06]

This was so cool Rory. One for the classic archives, as a tribute to the R8.

[@jamessheehy4895]

Superb rory everyone else has fallen off or doesn’t try anymore but you are still going strong 100 percent passion ❤

[@XolileHlobisile]

Seen lot reviews on this monster but this is who I want to see driving it ! Thank Rory

[@edwardfletcher7790]

18yrs and it's still a STUNNING looking car 👍😁

[@PRG888]

I had an original R8, great car but used oil - 1 litre every 1000 miles Audi said that was normal for the FSI engine

[@hrag1797]

Definitely not normal lol

[@AM_9924]

Incredible cars. The first gen R8 is a modern classic. My favourite is the V10 though 👌

[@kevdavies3445]

dream cars great showcase

[@timmietz]

I own a pristine 2014 V10 6MT Spyder, thank you very much. Along with a 2022 R8 V10 Spyder performance and a 2023 R8 GT in Daytona Gray. All great cars!

[@VoRLiN]

Love my 2020 R8 Performance. 💯

[@MotechPerformance]

What a car ! All 3 are great

[@Thomas_w1234]

the last scene is so cinematic

[@driftydegree5624]

Petition to get Jeremy back in the V8 at the track with hammond chasing in his Porsche

[@chrisherbert9924]

Very nice looking Aldi

[@370zbros2]

Lmx for 40k 😂😂😂, cmon Rory

[@davidm793]

Some basic research would’ve told him that. 9 left in uk!

[@StuartWhittington-iq8ig]

Astonishing

[@porkster5924]

Fabulous car and a true everyday supercar.

[@annec.1966]

New year and Rory's still on fire.

[@ezmaass]

The Gen-1 facelift - that's the one.

[@costafilh0]

V10 MT sends its regards.

[@ninthearth9746]

Thank You 🤩for the video Love this carmy dream car it's shame That it has come to an end 😔😢 The R8 is the car that made fall in love with (Audi) even tho I haven't driven the car but I could tell it was and still is a good car

[@tidgney]

I love the Gen1 design, my goal is for a v10 Manual.

[@spinnetti]

Amazing that UK prices are 30% of USA prices! I love my GenI manual (with 93 octane tune, and race exhaust)

[@OCDAthleteOfficial]

The original Gen 1 Audi R8 has been my dream car since I was 10 years old. I am so lucky to get one at 22 years old and continue to enjoy it at 23 years old now.

[@laundrieshanging9077]

I rented a v10 convertible one summer day. Carbon ceramic brakes. God that car was wicked. Best $800 i ever spent.

[@ullsp]

Great vid❤ But whats with the rust spots in engine bay 06:38 ;)

[@philb6079]

I wish the prices were the same over here. The cheapest I've seen recently is $65000 us. $90000 if you want a v10.

[@SornGeorge]

The prices quoted in the video are for very high mileage examples that need a lot of work and/or category N (what you call in the US: not a clean title)

[@Amit_l92]

When the R8 was first featured in Top Gear & Iron Man I fell in love with it. Farewell 🔥

[@snorkelnel]

R8 V10. Amazeballs.

[@Cali_Views]

As an Audi driver myself these cars are amazing!!🙌🙌

[@romanovmarkelyon1021]

Always loved this car. Legendary move by Audi/VAG.

[@ricardovargas6197]

Please do a comparison on dry tarmac

[@superchargedsteve3411]

We got plenty of 1st Gen R8 V10s with a manual in the US. I've driven some. Maybe what you say is Euro spec only. Ive even driven a gen 1 V10 manual spider!

[@stu2418]

Yeah it's just useless research. Plenty of manual V10 available in europe too.

[@cantdriveslo]

Damn! Does it not rain in the UK? What a country to live in with a supercar

[@jrlarbi8310]

Nice drifting there Rory. ✌🏽

[@AutoTraderTV]

Thanks 👍

[@thabang7393]

I love this

[@deadpool467]

They should've kept the MK1 design with the V8 Manual with small upgrades every year but keep it "affordable" No crazy high tech interior.

[@justthevoicebackup280]

The R8 LMX is peak r8. It has the timeless beauty and steering feel of the first gen whilst having the refinement of the S tronic and Ferrari 458 matching power and quarter mile performance 👏.

[@audiwankenobi361]

What was it about the drag race that you put on a helmet vs when you where out there sliding them around without a helmet? Thanks.

[@davidvonslingshot]

Gated > Flappypaddle. The R-Tragic is…… see what I didi there…..

[@esthetics4512]

Even when carwow did this race the r8 v8 was in front (man that thing handles being launched damn well) until the v10 comes pass due to the power difference

[@michaelleaver1766]

Thats insane 200k ?? Id have the blue one and spend money on car as well as driver improvements,have something more built than bought fresh from a showroom.Oh well i can dream 😂

[@RebelRelatives]

Can you guys pls do this more often. I suggest C63 AMG next. Nice video by the way.😊

[@anticomunist1513]

My man pushing those Audis the proper way 👏.

[@JP_RS6]

I had a B8 RS4 with the same 4.2L V8 as the gen 1 R8 and it sounded great, lacking torque and really required working the engine to get the most out of it. Dream car for me has been the RS6 though and I just achieved that dream eith the C7 RS6. Wouldnt say no to both on my drive though! Very good video Rorey, great tribute! Prices are a bit off but none the less, great.

[@sarcastixx74]

Ditto on the RS6 mate, I'll be in the market for one in a few months! Be a nice change from my stage 2 B8 S4. Might not be a whole lot faster but that V8 TT is to die for. Plenty of good examples around too, love the way that nearly all of the ones advertised have been well looked after by mature drivers. Has to be Sepang blue, non DRC, pan roof, RS exhaust and supersport seats for me and thankfully there are still some nice low mileage minters to choose from with those options. Roll on the spring! Hope you are enjoying yours (pretty sure I don't need to ask though) ;)

[@JP_RS6]

@@sarcastixx74 I am for sure, loving it in fact. The one I ended up with had everything you mentioned but has DRC and is panther black. I couldn't find a sepang blue one with everything on it in the right price range or distance. But I've gotta say the DRC in this one isn't as bad as the RS4's and in dynamic it's super nimble. Getting lots of attention wherever I go, car meet or the shops, there's always someone asking about it haha The torque delivery is shockingly instance on this one, from 1350rpm you hit peak at just over 3k. Absolute animal lol

[@sarcastixx74]

@@JP_RS6 Panther black was another colour I did think about after seeing one that was properly kitted out and running 750+ bhp, looked a serious bit of kit. No doubt yours has extra road presence than the rest with that colour! I know I'll love any V8 TT over my current SC V6 though, the S4 is stupidly quick off the mark and screams hard to redline but as the turbos spin up real fast on the V8 it'll pull hard from low down as you mentioned. Can't wait!

[@pipppppin]

Took my R8 around Europe last summer couldn’t have picked a better car performed faultlessly in the Alps and Pyrenees. The v10 engine is a classic

[@countryman8782]

Who else have noticed the editing team are doing a great job lately! 👏👏👏👏

[@ryanhumphreys4389]

Not with the time stamps

[@kings3803]

I would be happy with a 20k v8. That would be a amazing car. 420bhp and 180 mph is still a bloody fast car whatever you say and 99% of people that watch this channel would love a car as fast as that including myself. I would be over the moon with a v8 manual r8.

[@jonathanhidalgo4591]

The original is such a timeless design along with the lines of an AM V8 Vantage would be torn deciding between those 2 if I had to pick

[@jensmartinaarseth]

oh, the original one looks sooo much better. pure classic.

[@Lookbusybuddy]

Could do it with the classic mini to brand new. Which handles better,mpg,fastest.

[@codeblue9004]

I like all of them.

[@jafooli]

Did the new GT bring the exhaust button back? It was gone on the Performance

[@alvineff]

First R8 Still lovely to this day

[@ivanfiestas]

I just love my Audi R8 V10 Performance Parts limited Edition.

[@olatundeaboaba]

I remember seeing Tony Stark drive this beautiful machine in Iron Man 1. 😊

[@nfh2010]

Love the original R8, it’s a bit like the original TT in terms of the purity of the design.

[@kamosetlaba1339]

Hopefully, depreciation will be my ally on these ones.

[@user-ul4wy2lx2m]

My gf has the mk1 with that manual transmission and I have to say it’s is one of the best cars ever built. It’s not a million bucks but looks it all day long 😊 meanwhile I have the mk2 tt manual and it’s almost 😅 as good 😂

[@akshatrockport]

Which watch does he wear?

[@davidhayes4814]

Maybe the original v8 manual is the one to go for. replacement engines, courtesy of old RS4, must be relatively cheap.

[@mikecave4665]

unfortunately the RS4 engine doesn't fit the R8 which has a dry sump.....new V8 engine will still set you back around £10k!

[@matpat2636]

A mark 1 V10 with manual box is probably my attainable dream car. That engine is, indeed, a masterpiece. And sounds better in the older cars.

[@user-xi6qs8dz1x]

nice video meet

[@Bwill-hn2pc]

Was the manual not offered with the v10 in the Uk? Because it was in the USA … I had one.

[@S_Kane]

8:04 OUCH! 😵‍💫

[@370zbros2]

Gen 1 v10 plus is the best 👌

[@quagmiretoiletgaming78323]

I always thought this was a dutch channel because of the profile picture

[@3150xYz]

it always bugged me that they still use the old virtual cockpit even for the newer Audi r8's

[@nicobellic2465]

Is that the old TopGear track?

[@villaman4818]

Gen 1 for 25k, oh dear…you need to either sack your researcher or do it yourself. They have never been 25k..not in for a drivable category car ..

[@Jeffybonbon]

Proves what i have thought for years buy a 5 year old car from a main dealership with warranty and you save a fortune

[@aliyas8278]

Lovely R8

[@ryanmichael7795]

Why is it whenever there is a roadtest or a review of the original audi r8 its always that one that clarkson drove back then? Would think it was the only one in existence 😂😂

[@alex98b627]

You’re sooo lucky in the UK with your super low used car prices. Manual mk1 v8s are still asking $140,000 AUD in Australia. So around £75,000 in the motherland. Count your lucky stars