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Something I forgot to mention is that, in spite of the R8 huge engine and thirst for fuel, the S PDK is 0.6secs faster to 200km/h.
IMO R8 and Carrera should not be mentioned in the same breath.
Carrera doesn't want to play the supercar. It is an excellent sports car for the real world that as it happens often outperforms more expensive and on paper more technically superior cars.
The R8 is an attempt to the supercar class. It is a good first attempt to build a halo car in order to lift the Audi range of cars which are high on quality but low on charisma.
However, if somebody wants a flamboyant, two seater, mid-engined supercar why not buy the real thing i.e. Ferrari (or even Lamborghini) and save any debates or arguments.
Im sorry but that is ridiculous,the R8 costs similar to a specced up C4S here in the Uk,it is equally as useable.As I said it is horses for courses and a matter of ones taste as to which is the better car,I am a massive Porsche fan but am not bigoted in my attitude to other cars.A ferrari or Gallardo are not useable on a daily basis and both cost fortunes to run,the r8 is like the 997 in that for the tyoe of car it is ..it is very reasonable to run (18 month services,Pounds400-Pounds500 service charges.)It is a direct competitor to the 911 and has won numerous tests against the 997s.The automatic is not nice that is true,but Im a manual (stick shift) guy anyway and the R8 gearchange is a tactile delight.
When replacing the 997tt I tried the gallardo and 430 but these are cars to be used as weekend cars..the r8 is an everyday sportscar...just like a 911.Try one you will be amazed I assure you. 
My comment was sparked off by what a member wrote relating to the German magazine comparative test of the given cars i.e. R8 S-tronic and Carrera 2S PDK.
Also the prices related to the cars tested in Germany.
I am not dismissing the R8 which I've driven and it is excellent and easier to drive than a rear-engined Porsche.
But I cannot agree that it is a better driving machine and pleasure car than the Carrera.
I don't like most, the unnecessarily high weight and the much higher consumption.
Additionally, as a matter of personal taste, I am not attracted to the flamboyant look they tried to give to the R8 which moves the car to the Italian School of "supercars" where an Audi is out if its depth on the emotional level no matter how competent it is on the road. I prefer the Germanic logic in the looks of cars. I wouldn't like an S-class imitating a Maserati 4porte for example.
Give me the Audi Quattro concept updated for the present times and I would be very tempted.
(and he was not just cruising around) - obviously no probs with the brakes 
