IF YOU'RE ONE of our UK readers, it has probably not escaped your notice that this week has not provided the optimum conditions in which to test a new variant of a junior supercar. Still, things on these shores were always thus, and if ever there was a mini-exotic which can deal with, y'know, winter and all that, it's the Audi R8. Yes, the engine is in the middle and the Audi comes on 235/35 R19 front and 295/30 R19 tyres, but the R8 has quattro four-wheel drive and at least we've driven one on snow and ice before, when we ran a V10 long-termer.
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