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KresoF1 said:
Again clarification of AMS comparison is needed:
-R8 won in drive safety, drive dynamics(R8 was 10km/h faster in ISO test!) and engine departments
-articel claims that PDK is nothing special and that it kills driver involvement(PDK gets only 7 out of 10 points)
Article also said that overall R8 is better sportscar then 997.2 CS. 997.2 won because of lower price and better fuel consumption...
Both are good reasons IMO to tip the balance:
The R8 costs 27.000 euro extra , that is 28%, which is a significant difference for a car that really doesn't offer more. Comparison could have been with a more expensive Porsche then. The turbo is nearer to the R8 price than the C2S to the R8, and it is AWD like the R8.
Fuel consumption is important too in the real world especially lately. The heavy and corpulent R8 requires 3.4lt extra for each 100km (+33%!!) in overall cosumption, and in the city 5.1lt extra (+33%!!! again). Why be penalised for this big and fuel inefficient engine on an unnecessarily heavy car? It is only a 2 seater!
As regards the area of Gearchange/gearing mentioned above, the Porsche scores a 7 out of 10 with its PDK whereas by comparison the Audi with its crude R-tronic gets a 5 out of 10. And the R-tronic costs double the price of the PDK an enormous 7.400 euro. Again pay more for less!
Finally look at these two profiles in the picture and honestly think which one you would be happier to see every day