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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

by Noah Joseph (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions

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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