What I find is that German magazines rely a lot on various measurements and figures, lap times etc. which is very objective and mirrors the german pragmatic and factual approach.

British magazines like EVO, CAR etc put more emphasis on subjective qualitative criteria. Some of their reviews are more like literature and they can write anything they like.

On the R8, perhaps what he meant is that he didn't like the fixed top so much among other Coupes, whereas the Spyder was more to his liking among open cars. Maybe he didn't try Coupe and Spyder side by side to compare.


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