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edz61 said:
I saw in a different magazine, 977C2 VS. Audi and the 997C2 was faster all around
In both the comparisons with the 997S and the 997C4 the R8 came out on top brother. Those were the C&D and MotorTrend issues this month. Just got the new R&T and the C4S on the other hand does put out better numbers in certain categories.
What does this prove? That it was silly to compare the R8 to the 997S or base C4 in the first place (not even close to the price tag of the R8). All of the tests this month were unofficial quick tests by each of the magazines where they obviously scrambled to find a 911 to compare the R8 to. I love reading about the R8 but these "tests" were just filler before they do real comparos in future issues.
What you might find interesting is MotorTrend (which pitted R8 vs. C4) later stated that even though they used the C4, they looked up C4S times from an earlier issue and the R8 was still slightly better. HOWEVER, R&T (which pitted R8 vs. C4S) came up with results that showed the C4S with better numbers.
As soon as the mags get a US spec R8, and the proper time with the car, I bet we will see a true comparo