The television show Top Gear  compared the Nissan GT-R to the R8, and remarked that the R8 was  "simultaneously less impressive and yet somehow more involving". On the  R8 they wrote that "it rewards driver input", calling it "fantastic in a  way that will appeal more to true car enthusiasts", but also remarked  that it was "much slower", and the GT-R was cheaper.On their test track,  the car performed better than a Lamborghini Gallardo and an Aston  Martin DB9.
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