Yesterday marked the official online unveiling of the all-new Audi R8 - a car everybody was longing to see, yet was met with mixed feelings around the web.

Maybe that's all going to change once everybody gets to see the new R8 on the go. There's always three stages you need to go through before giving your final verdict on a car. Still shots, moving shots and a live audience.

As of right now, we're half way to properly judging the looks (and sounds) of the second generation R8. First impressions upon watching the video? Well, we're starting to like it more and more. Initially, we thought the front end looks less aggressive than it did before with the first-gen car, but seeing it on the track, we don't really have anything bad to say about it.

It's a great looking car in and of itself. If this was the first time we ever saw an Audi R8, we'd probably be all over it like high school girls over the newest boy band.

The 5.2 liter V10 engine sounds throaty, which is exactly how a V10 should sound - especially one with an output of 610 HP - this is indeed the V10 Plus version we're hearing in the video. And it's not the first time we've heard it.

Thanks to its 560Nm (413 lb-ft) of torque it can get you up to 62 mph in just 3.2 seconds (where as the 540 HP version will take 3.5 seconds). Though we have to point out that it isn't that much faster than the old model from 0 to 62.

Will likely be launched in 2017

Independent artists RM Design and X-Tomi Design decided to chop off the roof of the 2015 Audi R8 to turn the coupe into a Spyder.

The second generation Audi R8 will be shown to the public in a few days at the Geneva Motor Show before going on sale this summer in three flavors: R8 V10 (€165,000), R8 V10 Plus (€187,400) and R8 e-tron (price not disclosed). Needless to say, it's too early to talk about a Spyder derivative but it will likely see the light of production day in 2017.

Until then, the R8 family will probably gain a new entry-level version equipped with a V6 engine delivering at least 400 bhp (298 kW). Moreover, there could also be a TDI version as well as a plug-in hybrid model but Audi isn't sure yet whether there will be enough demand for such derivatives.

R8 technical lead Roland Schala recently said the production line is flexible enough to be adapted for possible Superleggera, GT and Clubsport versions but it’s too early in the game for such models. The second generation Audi R8 is going to be assembled at the newly established Böllinger Höfe production site at Audi's expanded Neckarsulm factory in Germany.

This is Audi’s brand-new halo car: the 2017 R8.

It’s on display this week at the 2015 Geneva Motor Show ahead of going on sale in Europe this summer for between the equivalent to $184,000 and $209,000. Bear in mind, that price might not accurately reflect what the price will be when it arrives in U.S. dealers.

The R8 has never been an unattractive car. If anything, the V8 model from the previous generation looks hotter than it actually is and Audi isn’t toning things down this go-around. But it also doesn’t look like they’re really being cranked up either because the new R8 barely looks different than the old one. Then again, styling can only say so much.

Whether that’s a good thing or not is up for debate just a few inches down your screen in the comments box, but one thing certainly is not: power.

That’s because this time the R8 comes with ten pots a bangin’ or none at all. Yes, when it arrives you will have the chance to choose between two V10 versions.

The first makes 540 hp and 398 lb-ft of torque while the second makes a very Lamborghini-like 610 hp, 413 lb-ft. It’s almost as if they’re related…

Anyway, other noteworthy mechanical minutiae includes a standard seven-speed dual-clutch Stronic transmission and a new all-wheel drive system that can send 100 percent of the power fore and aft as demand dictates.

Variable steering and an adaptive suspension are both available as options, as are 20-inch wheels for the first time on the R8 although 19-inch rims come standard. By default, the car comes with steel brakes, but the V10 Plus model is also available with fade-free carbon ceramics.

Even if the exterior looks more like an update than an all-new model, the inside is thoroughly re-worked to be more driver focused with a new steering wheel, digital gauge cluster and a new gear selector.

Exciting as all of that is, there’s also some bittersweet news. Europeans will have access to the hottest new Audi this summer, but it won’t be stateside until the 2017 model year.

Along with the gasoline powertrains, Audi also plans to offer a significantly revised e-tron electric version. The new electric R8 will have a much larger 92-kWh battery pack that Audi says will allow it to drive up to 280 miles instead of the previous model that could drive up to roughly 140 miles. To speed in the electric models will be limited to 130.5 MPH and 153.3 MPH. Audi didn’t discuss pricing for the e-tron versions, but said that they will be available on request this year.