Hoovey689

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Spy Shots: Audi R8 GT Spyder almost ready to scatter toupees across race tracks

Audi keeps churning out more exciting versions of its two-door supercar, the R8. It began with the R8 V8, went power hungry with the R8 5.2 FSI V10, topless with the R8 V10 Spyder and on a track-focused diet with the R8 GT. Soon, Audi will let loose with the next iteration; the Audi R8 GT Spyder, a lightweight droptop poised to bring a more aggressive open-air motoring to R8 fans.

The Audi R8 GT Spyder is powered by the same 5.2-liter V10 found in other non-V8 R8 coupes and convertibles. The mill produces 560 horsepower and sends marching orders directly to both the car's four tires and your ears, seeing as it's mounted right behind them. Audi is going to build 333 of them, so get your cash in line now. The R8 GT coupe costs $196,800 so bring at least $200,000 for the convertible, just to be safe.









http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/17/a...cross-race-tr/

I8ABMR

Beautiful machine. I have rented a million convertibles and have always hated the way they handled . At this level I would prefer the added chassis rigidity and the lack of the skin cancer and aged looking skin. Most people who dont drive convertibles don't realize that convertibles are not all they are cracked up to be. I would take mine with the roof. Kind of like my friends M6 convertible. All that power and engineering and they you get the convertible version. You lose the rigidity and you just add 350 lbs of added weight, and in his case he lost the carbon fiber roof

Hoovey689

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Agreed. For me it's always Coupe > Convertible

IS-SV

Having owned several convertibles, I currently prefer permanent hardtop coupe/sedans. Don't care for roofs with flying buttresses.

But rental convertibles are usually the poorest examples of convertibles.