As a track guy I disagree also I did say coupe. Factor in that I've never seen a stock NSX at the track and you change the variables. The R8 weighs as much as my M3 ( with a back seat and good size trunk
)and weight matters at the track. Also I missed the "quattro" is better memo. When did awd become the best way to get around a corner.
With all that said if the R8 didn't outperform the NSX on the street I'd have to say there's a problem. The NSX should be outperformed by newer cars especially ones costing $30-40k more. I'm not trying to slam the R8! I've seen it up close and it's just not attractive to me ,but you like big Audi TT's more power to you. I've had an Audi quattro and it was a fun ,but heavy for its size car. As it got older all sorts of stuff started to go wrong and maintenance was high ( the thing didn't even take regular brake fluid. I had to buy hydralic fluid from the dealer
). Of course thats what the Germans do make heavy complicated cars. When something breaks drop your pants and grab your ankles ,because it's gonna hurt. That's just how they do it. The Japanese tend to make things a lot less complex ( i.e they use readily available , cheap to purchase fluids ) to own and operate.
That's what the NSX changed about the exotic car world and that's what makes it a great car to have. Performance wise it was always competitive and just the fact the NSX is still mentioned when cars like the R8 come and go shows that it still is.
May the R8 make it's owners very happy:smile: