Why this RWD is the R8 to buy! | 2021 Audi R8 

You said it Joe "not a touch screen in sight" music to my ears and a beautiful NA engine...for real music.....

This is why I'm an Audi person... The R8 is something different! rwd is definitely something people wanted ( tail happy v10 ) can't go wrong! Love this vlog bro! Keep it up!

Basically a cheaper Hurucan Evo RWD

Joe, you look like you can pick that R8 up and toss it to the other side of that field 😂 Awesome review as always buddy 👍🏽

When you watch Joe makes me wonder why any would ever watch top gear!!

I never get tired of a v10 screaming to 8000rpm😍

8:03 close call

Always wanted an R8, still do, it’s just brilliant.

I actually really like these wheels and the optional ones look really ugly to me

Joe my mate is a producer for Top Gear, I'm gonna tell him they need you as a new presenter ...damn sorry I made that up but if I did know a producer then you would get a knock on the door.

in the beginning, I would have thought you would have had a seat on the wooden bench😉🤣rest those giant legs🤣😂...agree on the wheels...super vid as always my friend👍

I actually like the regular black wheels. They’re attractive, but understated. Looks like they could be the upgrade wheels for a VW Passat.

Great review Joe, this is absolutely one of ultimate dream cars and a forever car for me, I love the fact that this is basically a cheaper lighter rwd huracan Evo but more subtle.

Fantastic review as always! Could honestly see yourself and Carwow’s Mat Watson presenting Top Gear or at least a rival show in the future. Honest, informative no BS reviews from real petrol heads 🙌🏻

I remember when I drove the R8 in its very first iteration right after it came out, I just had previously bought an A3 and they asked me if I was interested in going for a drive in it - which was kinda flattering given my young age and customer profile as I actually turned down an insanely good offer for a TT they had on stock at the time I ordered the brand new A3. I ve found the fact they d proactively encourage me to have a go in it surprising and great at the same time and a good idea to make ppl tied to the brand by encouraging them to have a go in what used to be a halo product to them. I still value this attempt and to a degree it probably had its impact in making me like Audi as a whole even more and sticking to the brand ever since btw...but that clearly wasn t down to the R8 itself.... which was a huge disappointment. My contact person certainly knew I was into cars but he didn t know I was quite familiar with 911s or the other extreme being a Morgan +8 and a Lotus Super 7 (I could barely fit in being 6ft3 btw). Whilst having loved the opportunity to drive it, I was deeply disappointed...its interior felt insanely dull, steering and driving experience felt much more muted and "safe" in a bad way even compared to its direct competitor at the time aka the 911 with far less practicability (tiny frunk, no real storage space inside) and it was nowhere near the excitement level of driving a Morgan or Lotus. The only upside was the lovely clicking manual gearbox which made me think of great Ferraris. 10y later in its newer - not the newest- iteration, I gave it another go...and again, I didn t find it convincing. Actually,I d be harsher in my critizism now, I find the interior outrageously horrid, the gap between Porsche and Audi has widened and yes, they made the newer R8 feel sharper but I m not even sure if that s such a good thing anymore, it still feels muted whilst being stiffer and it lost this glorious manual that used to be its main asset in my pov. You haven t rly mentioned it but in my book, the steering is nowhere near Porsche level, neither is the gearbox. It might have the speed (which u mostly can t use) but in all that matters, it s far behind the 911 and let s not bring up every day use coz then it s definitely game over for the R8 in comparison. Look wise, I rly like its sharper new shape but everything else...well, not so much.

Totally agree, it’s certainly the R8 I’d buy! Love em and want one sooooo frigging bad. Great vid as always fella 👍❤️

See you passed The Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge, you should have stopped for a bite to eat, it’s got a great reputation! Great driving road across the North York Moors! Have done it many times.

Great review as always Joe. Having your mate follow and film worked really well also

Joe. 30mpg on a run is impressive for this car. I spoke to a guy on a garage forecourt when I was filling my TT and I asked him what his R8 did to the gallon and he said about 17.

A great landscape for a great review. Well done, as usual.

for years i was saying r8 only need rwd :) personally would never buy car for fun with awd...its boring :) but this is another game love it

Love the black wheels with the paint job. Just needs a manual box.

Great review as always! Are you in a collaboration with carwow now? I saw that they're using some of your ideas for their merchandise.

Also the main reason that this wouldnt feel much different if any to the quatto is the drivetrain losses will be less meaning that wheel horsepower will be better.

Epic content and videography Joe, nice one.

Great review as usual, Joe. Incidentally, following your comments earlier this year, I have just taken out my car insurance for the first time with Adrian Flux. No regrets at all!!

Definitely the R8 to have. Fantastic review and video!

Great review Joe. Really these cars are what driving a supercar more than just on a fine day is all about. They are driveable, economical, cheap to insure (in Canada for me $800/yr) and are fast. Thanks from this RWS owner, couldn't agree with you more.

Rear wheel drive makes it a better drivers car & cheaper to build now if only there was a manual rwd option which would make it even more affordable & enjoyable but unfortunately car manufacturers are catering for all the traffic light drag queens

Them v10s pull like trains don't know how people plod around town in em. There's a 4.2 v8 On my road

I like it when you mention the driving position for you in reviews (whilst always mention your height) - I'm the same height so I can now (regrettably) remove the R8 from the dream car list! (Love the car otherwise especially the NA V10)

Great review Joe! Saw a couple of your videos and subscribed today. For the negative points I agree with you: the base wheels look inadequate, would definitely go for the optional 5-twin-spoke dynamic design, they transform the car. The second point, the paddle shifters, agree with you even more! However, you can buy really good quality aftermarket metal or carbon paddle shifters for the Audi R8 which look and feel like the ones in a Huracan. They are really easy to install. Third, my personal view, in Germany you can spec sideblades in ice silver or black for no additional cost and I think they really belong on a Audi R8 as they are unique for the car. Cheers!

Lol, that looks a toy car next to him

Great review! This car is truly special, and that mind blowing exhaust note at the end of the video 📸👌😲

Like what this car stands for... would definitely buy this over a quattro. Nice review Joe

Great video and content. I Love the R8, and love that road over the moors. I only live a few miles from this location, The lion inn is a great pub, you can easily get snowed in over here in winter time.

Autobahn run looked hectic 😂

Well reviewed and very helpful 👌🎩

The rear wheel drive kit is not expensive & not difficult to fit, or should i say to remove. Your get no dashboard fault lights coming up, it a straight forward conversion. Few V8 have been done & it makes the steering a lot lighter. There is a twin supercharged V8 in the UK & there is not much can catch it, i am told.

Can we just imagine this R8 on one of the car wow drag races with you Joe in it... Pretty cool hey ?

Another great Video Joe. Thanks for sharing.

I used to own a 2014 r8. Beautiful car except the tech lags behind the title of being the 'iron man car'.

Do a few doughnuts on the cricket pitch as a thank you 🤣

I’m a simple man. I see the R8 video and I click it

The scenery reminded me of some places on Forza Horizon 4 and yes, even the sheep...which are also in the game LOL

Joe how’s the exhaust note? Can you add an exhaust button and race flag button (like in performance versions ) to the rwd version?

A great car and cheaper than the Hurracan evo... The other wheels mentioned are better looking and l would like to see a small colour coded rear lip spoiler on this particular model....

This one only comes with an automatic. Even if I had the budget I would never buy one. And about the wheels. I would get the cheapest ones because I would replace them with aftermarket ones anyway. And I would put winter tyres on the originals.

Your lucky that pheasant didn't switch and walk to the left lol.

oh no the particulate filter has muzzled yet another great engine

Great car, love the RWD R8…would love to see you review the new X6M soon? ;)

Great video, cheers 👍

Joe another in depth review any one thinking of getting one of this spec should take on board what you said about wheels, and as you will be paying all that money, surely Audi could be asked by the buyer to put parts on to suit the driver, and not just that`s what you get, if you dont`t like it, Tough!!! I mean come on, its`s not tuppence you are spending, I think they would say ye,s they are a much rarer car, you don`t see many, at least I haven`t!!!

Wheels are pretty much the same design as the 18" mk2 TTs wheels

Sorry, they have done it wrong in my opinion as they did with the previous model. They have gone for the 'cheaper' R8 entry than 'this is a GT3' competitor. Make it light great, but put a tweaked version of the V10 not the lower BHP one. Revised steering rack, less weight, special seats and you have something more compelling. The seats are poor in this R8 compared to the Mk1 buckets. Enthusiast R8 > entry level R8. They have a racing history with the R8, make a full on version. IMHO

Hmmm I would love one of these! 👌

I think the R8 would be the only Audi I would consider getting if I had the money.

The R8 when it first came out looked great , but as time has gone by the shape has tended to look a little clumsy from certain angles. If you look at it from the front at a 45 degree angle, it looks weird, doesn't seem to flow?

Awesome review Joe

Love this car great colour 😍 👌

Hello joe just wondering how tall you are??? And if u had the money which would you buy AWD or RWD

Yes a lovely machine if you’re needing to choose it on lease but if you’re going to pay full coin you’re still going to want the the Lambo😎

Joe making a push to bring other carmakers under the umbrella and why not.

Light is lite!😂😂

Great vid. The paddles look annoyingly small to have fun with tho

Probably get less transmission loss with the 2 wheel drive as well.

Great video. Some brilliant driving roads around the North York moors. Just got to watch for sheep!

Spot on re looks. Wheels look gash. But otherwise nice and R8ish

Will love it in red ✌🏾

Don’t agree on the wheels, love the black ones on the car in the video, hate the option ones!!!

looking at it from the side half the car reminds me of the original r8 for some reason

Why is this guy not presenting a TV show?

So can anyone tell me what RWD is and explain it compared to a AWD

Is the US version different inside?

8:03 Why did the chicken cross the road?

Anyone have a clue where he is driving, the route looks fun to drive on!

Looks the same as when it first came out just a bit different here and there but price goes up for a few KW power same shit let's make this beast a 1000HP car stock

Is it the 540ps version?

V10 are de-stroked V8’s

Needs a manual 🤷🏼‍♂️

rims make absolutely zero impact on residual value. i’ve traded tons of vehicles at dealerships, the trade value has nothing to do with rims or even how much $ one dumped into “options”.

Audi puts the cheapest wheels on it cuz they know the owners will get after market wheels right away after they buy it lol...I'd def have the rwd one though

Them pipes!!!

Imagine if they optioned a gated manual for this RWD, lighter R8

@joeachilles this or 992 911s for the same money ?

How tall are you bro? Please in CM! Thanks and greetings from germany!

116k is not bad when you look at how expensive cars have become!

Still prefer the original shape to this one. New ones look to square If that makes sense. Here’s a hint Audi ...If it’s not broke don’t fix it!

I hear that these are likely to cause legal problems, maybe it’s the exhaust note.... doo..it...doo..it...doo..it.

Wow bargain price. I guess it brings the R8 back from McLaren money down to 911 money, which is where it started out in life all those years ago.

Is audi crazy not putting carbon ceramics as standard!! Bloody hell you must have a lot of brake fade.

I think you have missed the point of this whole car.. STOP comparing it to the V10plus

Passed you when you were up here...

Imo thats maybe the worst looking R8 ive seen no offence, but the video was so good i still had to watch it all

Might just be the camera.angle but the nose looks really pinched and the roof looks really fat. Never been a fan of these tbh

Nice video

Audi needs to give these butterfly doors

I just saw rwd and im sold

Why does it sound more like lambo?

50kg... is nothing for Quattro