Top gear tested the Audi R8 Vs the Porsche 911  on the show aired 14th Oct 2007 Jeremy Clarkson raved about the R8 whist the “hamster” still preferred the 911 - but as he owns one he is probably biased

In this weeks Topgear (11th November 2007) Simon Cowell became top of the “star in a reasonably priced car” leader board for the second time by beating Gordon Ramsay’s time of 1.46.38 when he managed an impressive 1.45.9 lap after trying to forget help and advice give to him from The Stig  to gain the top spot! Simon Cowell has recently taken delivery of his new Audi R8.

There is a short clip on the top gear site here of Jeremy Clarksons review on the R8 note that the realplayer version seem to work better.