The beautiful step sister of the stunning lamborghini gallardo the audi r8 with a 42 litre v8 engine and a top speed of 187mph might be half the price but with a waiting list that reads like a fantasy football team this is the car that any self respecting premiership player or city boy wants to be seen in clarkson described the r8 as one of the truly great cars and the only hesitation he has in awarding it the coveted five stars is that ideally he would like to give it six judge this ama