Audi R8 V10 vs. Nissan GT-R

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2014 Audi R8 V10 Plus vs. 2014 Nissan GT-R Track Pack Gods of War: All-Wheel-Drive Supercar Titans Face Off It doesn't get much faster than these two. The Audi R8 and Nissan GT-R tear relentlessly at the pavement with four driven wheels and an uninterrupted supply of thrust courtesy of twin-clutch transmissions. Want a quicker all-wheel-drive car? Your options are the Lamborghini Aventador ($400,000) and Bugatti Veyron (add a million). The GT-R, then, with its 545 hp and $116,710 price, would seem a bargain. A Track Pack adds brake cooling ducts, retuned shocks, higher spring rates, and a rear seat delete, on top of the forged wheels borrowed from the Black Edition. New for the R8 this year is a twin-clutch transmission and a V10 Plus model. The latter hones the car with ceramic rotors, a smaller fuel tank, fixed rate shocks, manual seats, and carbon-fiber trim pieces. That's a total weight savings of 130 pounds. Oh, and it makes 25 hp more. The engines sit at different ends and the price difference is substantial, but we couldn't resist the temptation of pitting these two AWD juggernauts against each other. So, a drag race? Quick, after all, is easy for these two -- spookily so. Both have launch control procedures, but the gist of it is this: brake, gas, disappear. At a blink over 11 seconds, the race is over. The Nissan wins by 0.3 second with nary a chirp from its Dunlops. Its 2.7-second 0-60-mph time ties it with the fastest production vehicles we've ever tested -- Veyron, 911 Turbo. READ THE FULL STORY 2014 Nissan GT-R Track Edition First Test 2014 Audi R8 V10 Plus and V10 Spyder First Drive 2013 Nissan GT-R vs. 2012 Porsche 911 Turbo S Lamborghini Reveals Egoista Concept at 50th Anniversary Gala 503-hp Volkswagen Design Vision GTI 2014 Maserati Quattroporte S Q4 First Drive 2013 Ford Taurus SEL V-6 First Test 2015 Mazda3 Caught Testing With Interior Revealed Subscribe to Motor Trend REFRESHING OR REVOLTING 2014 Kia Cadenza vs. 2013 Hyundai Azera POPULAR ON YOUTUBE 2013 Range Rover vs. 2013 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG! - Head 2 Head TOP BLOG How Your Car Salesman Sees You, Part 2 TO OUR E-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS: YOUR PRIVACY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. IF YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS EMAIL IN ERROR OR WISH TO UNSUBSCRIBE, PLEASE CLICK HERE. Write to us at: Motor Trend Digital Newsletter 831 S. Douglas Street El Segundo, CA 90245 Privacy Policy (c) 2013 Source Interlink Media, Inc. All rights reserved.