Audi’s first supercar came in two flavors; but while your head shouts for the V10 model, your heart (and wallet) loves the V8 ...

SEE ALSO: 2014 Audi R8 V10 Plus Review The 2014 Audi ... So expect more information on the second-generation R8 around the same time.

The second-generation Audi R8 isn't far away, but when it arrives, it could serve to seriously shake up the supercar market according to Audi research and development boss Ulrich Hackenberg.

A few days after Autocar reported that the VW Beetle won't live past the current generation, Car and Driver reports "there are no current plans for a direct replacement" of the Audi R8.

Audi has seen massive success with the Audi ... You can buy one for less than half the price of a brand-new second-generation R8, though, and it’s considerably better than half as good.

Porsche‘s new supercar, targeted squarely at the Ferrari 458, might be borrowing its underpinnings from the next-gen Audi R8 ... market next to the second generation R8, versus hitting the ...