Gen 1 Audi R8 or Jaguar F Type V8 AWD

[Mrinsignia]

My friend is looking at getting a new (to him) car. He has narrowed it down to an Audi R8 (gen 1) or a Jaguar F Type V8 AWD. I have the latter so I am a bit biased (chose because of the more modern interior and exhaust note), what one would people recommend and why?

[Monkeylegend]

Mrinsignia said:

My friend is looking at getting a new (to him) car. He has narrowed it down to an Audi R8 (gen 1) or a Jaguar F Type V8 AWD. I have the latter so I am a bit biased (chose because of the more modern interior and exhaust note), what one would people recommend and why?

Get the R8 then you can both drive each others.

[bobthemonkey]

Think a lot would come down to the gearbox preference.

F Type obviously has the ubiquitous ZF8 auto.

R8 had the lovely looking open gate manual, but if you wanted a two pedal setup the pre facelift cars were a single clutch automated manual. It wasn’t until the facelift that they got the seemingly much improved 7 speed Dual Clutch box.

[stevemcs]

R8 is just a big TT, it doesn’t feel special inside. F Type has the better engine and gearbox and sounds nicer.

I would probably go F Type.

[Robertb]

R8 is a hand built mid engined sportscar, get the open gate manual and I can’t see it losing much money.

It has a dry sump V8 that revs to 8500 rpm, and a glass cover over the engine bay.

The only issue is that the R8 is an older car now and I understand some bits are getting hard to source. It will cost more to maintain than the Jaguar, but that needs to be viewed in the context of the relative depreciation.

[ZX10R NIN]

Unless it's a manual R8, I'd go with the F Type.

[Caddyshack]

R8 seems a special car to me, the Jaguar is just a nice Jag to me, I would go R8.