Audi R8 has been awarded the Automotive Grand Award Winner in the “Best of What’s New” category. Popular Science also referred to the German mid-engined supercar as “the new Ferrari-killer”.

The editors particularly liked the car’s behind-the-seats engine placement, inspired by its closest corporate sibling, Lamborghini Gallardo, as well as the R8’s 4.4 second 0-60 time, courtesy of the 420-horsepower dry-sump lubrication V8. A light but strong aluminum and magnesium frame is just as impressive; but not as impressive as the R8’s sticker of only $109,000. “It won’t put a supercar in every driveway,” Popular Science concedes. But when compared to the similarly equipped likes of Ferrari and Bugatti — typically costing $200,000 plus — “it brings the dream just a little closer.”

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