Is 2014's Audi R8 going to be auto only?

We dearly love the Audi R8. It's a supercar done well – you can see out of it, the world goes a little bit backwards when you use your 'go faster' foot and, of course, Iron Man drives one.

Still, it's been around for a while now and rumours are beginning to slip out about a possible mid-life facelift and then a replacement. One such rumour is that the next gen R8, like all future Ferraris, won't come with a manual gearbox.