Audi R8 V10 5.2 FSI Quattro World Debut At Detroit Auto Show

A V10 from Audi when we are having an energy depletion crisis and a financial crisis. Other manufacturers are all concentrating on hybrids, Efficient Dynamics, low fuel consumption and efficient cars - none of which concerns Audi at all.

Also, I like how there was so much hype over a new engine choice, the car looks virtually identical.

ur wrong on both accounts: the r8 v10 is not gonna be 200,000, its gonna be more around 150,000; as for the weight distribution, ur wrong as well because because you also need to account for a lot of other things such as torque, drag coefficients, total weight of the car, and tons of other things

what hype?? the whole deal was the new engine, the car was supposed to look the same, its like the difference between the a8 4.2 v8 and 6.0 w12; only the engine is supposed to change the look is supposed to stay the same: this should be self-evident but apparently it's not so i have appointed myself to state the obvious for fools

dbehmoras, I am not wrong. While I agree that everything plays into it, none of the aspects you listed will help balance the car on the track. Drag produces a moment that puts more weight on the rear wheels, so does acceleration/torque, and as to total weight of the car... are you listing random factors that effect handling or factors that effect weight distribution? Basically, for cars to acheive maximum lateral acceleration they need to have each wheel as close to each other in terms of weight distribution. The only factor you haven't listed that would counteract this weight distribution is having front aerodynamic downforce higher then rear. The trouble with that is downforce varies with speed so a good high speed setup will result in a shitty low speed setup. And even that you will need 430 lbs more of downforce over the front then the rear to compensate. As to the car price, read the article, it says starting at 175000 euros, or $200,000. Don't call me a fool if you know nothing about cars.

There was lots of hype over this engine, or hadn't you noticed the couple of articles on it posted every week for what seems like months now.

awwe the article got edited, now it's 142,400. euros or $190,000 which is exactly where the gallardo starts at.

50/50 would be ideal IF the power was split evenly between the front and the back, its mostly 60-40 if not even more biased to the rear. I know the Murcielago is 90-10 most of the time, and the GT-R is 70-30 to the rear, so perhaps in this case 44-56 is ideal.

50/50 is still ideal, you can't pull more g's in a corner if your car isn't evenly balanced, either the front or back will give out. A powered through corner, with more rear driving bias and 44/56 weight distribution will drive neutral, but if you are pushing the car to the max, you should have no throttle at the apex.

joes right,

The Lp-560 is nearly twice the price of this.