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Audi R8 V10 voted 2010 World Performance Car

Audi R8 V10 voted 2010 World Performance Car

The Audi R8 has been named 2010 World Performance Car at the World Car of the Year Awards ceremony at the New York Auto Show. This is the second time that the R8 has won the World Performance Car award: the V8-powered R8 took this award in 2008.

Audi R8 race and road cars prepare to take the heat

Audi R8 race and road cars prepare to take the heat

As the first examples of the scalp-bronzing Audi R8 Spyder head for the UK to enliven spring 2010, two rather more knuckle-whitening versions of the celebrated Audi supercar are preparing to compete in the 2010 FIA GT3 European Championships in the hands of a new home-grown racing team.

Audi R8 V10 Spyder arrives in Frankfurt

Audi R8 V10 Spyder arrives in Frankfurt

A stunning new take on the much lauded Audi R8 opens to the public, quite literally, at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show (September 17-27). The new R8 Spyder with fully automatic lightweight fabric hood brings added wind-in-hair intensity to the already extreme driving experience delivered by the lightweight aluminium, mid-engine and quattro-equipped super car.

Audi R8 LMS successfully passes ultimate endurance test

The new GT3 sports car of AUDI AG successfully passed the ultimate endurance test: In the fastest 24-hour race the Nürburgring has ever seen, all four Audi R8 LMS cars that started to the race crossed the finish line.

All Audi R8 LMS cars in top six

The new GT3 sports car from AUDI AG delivered an impressive performance in qualifying for the 24-hour race on the Nürburgring: All four Audi R8 LMS finished among the top six in the final qualifying session and thus secured grid positions on the first three rows of the 171-car field.