Audi R8: Best sports car of the year

Best sports car: Audi R8. Simply the best Audi ever. The V10, mounted just inches behind your head, makes this one of the world's best super-cars. It packs 525 horsepower with the redline at 8,700 rpm, where it sounds just like a Formula One racer. Zero to 60 in just 3.7 seconds. It carries a base price of $169,000 and was exhilarating to say the very least! A very close second was the Porsche Carrera 4.

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