Top Gear (magazine): Audi R8 vs Gallardo
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Yep, this is Lambo's Audi alright.
Which must make the R8 Audi's Lambo. Hmm, confusing. And that's just the start of it. VW owns Audi which owns Lamborghini. This much we know. But cash-rich Porsche will soon command a majority stake in struggling VW, which means that not one, or two, but three different mid- or rear-engined supercars from the same firm will all be tilting at the same buyer.
Is this really progress or has Ferdinand Piëch - VW kingpin, scion of the Porsche family and the closest thing the car biz has to a megalomaniac Bond villain - finally gone off the deep end? What's the point of playing yourself at poker? Do we really need a mid-engined 414bhp Audi?
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