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Review: 2009 Audi R8 5.2 FSI V10, An Everyday Supercar

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Not so many years ago, driving a exotic supercar while clearly demonstrating the owner's financial wherewithal to own such a vehicle was not always such a pleasant experience. Such cars were typically built by small financially shaky companies that didn't have the resources necessary to properly develop the vehicles to be reliable and robust. The interiors were often poorly built and outfitted and were afflicted by assorted mechanical and electrical glitches.

Then in 1990 things suddenly changed when Honda rolled out the NSX. Instantly people realized that there was no reason why a high performance, mid-engine exotic sports car couldn't be just as a reliable and hospitable as an Accord. By the end of the 1990s exotic car builders like Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin had all come under the wing of major automakers like Fiat, Volkswagen Group and Ford and the engineers began tapping into the parents resources to improve their cars.

Lamborghini in particular took advantage of its relationship with Audi to help develop the Gallardo, the best selling Lambo ever. Audi in turn decided to reverse the process with a supercar of its own to celebrate its decade long dominance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and used the Gallardo as the jumping off point for the R8. We recently got to spend some quality time with the fastest R8, the 5.2 FSI V10 and you can read about it after the jump.

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Audi Announces Pricing for V10-Powered R8 5.2 FSI Quattro

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Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos

Have your eye on the new V10-powered Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro? You're not alone, but you'll have to pay big for the privilege as Audi has announced U.S. pricing for its top-of-the-line supercar.

The R8 5.2 packs two more cylinders, 105 more horses and 74 more lb-ft of torque, for which buyers will have to pay nearly $32,000 more than the existing V8 version. While the eight-cylinder R8 4.2 sells for $114,200 with a manual transmission or $123,300 for the R-Tronic version, the ten-cylinder R8 5.2, as has now been revealed, goes for $146,000 with a clutch or $155,100 without, all prices before the $1,200 destination charge. But if that seems hefty, consider that one of the first examples to reach the United States went for $500,000 in a recent charity auction.

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First Audi R8 Sells For $500,000

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Someone really decided they had to have the first 2010 Audi R8 V-10 available in the U.S. At the Boca Raton Concours d' Elegance this weekend, the first Audi R8 V-10 was auctioned off for $500,000. The car has a projected retail price of $180,000. Audi of America was so impressed with the interest in the first car that a second R8 V-10 was offered up and sold that evening. The first Ferrari California also sold for $350,000 (its sticker price is $225,000). Howie Mandel hosted the auction which ended up raising over $1 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, Florida.

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Boca Concours to Offer First Examples of New Audi and Ferrari Supercars in America

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Florida might very well change its slogan to "the State of Old and New", with pensioners going there to retire and children flocking there for the theme parks. Old and new are what will draw the crowds to the Boca Raton Resort & Club later this month, where the 3rd Annual Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance will take place. Hosted by celebrity emcee Howie Mandel, the event will not only feature some of the most elegant creations in automotive history, but will also include two of the latest: the very first examples of the Ferrari California (below right) and Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro (above) to come to the American market. As in other similar auctions, bidders will be vying for the opportunity to own the first example of either (or both) of these stunning supercars when delivery begins in North America, the auction itself effectively confirming that the V

10-powered Audi will in fact be making it Stateside, probably sometime next year. Considering that previous auctions in Boca have drawn some exceptional examples of automotive excellence, we doubt the new Audi and Ferrari will feel lonely up there on the auction block.

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