2011 Audi R8 GT receives the “Sports Car of the Year 2011” award
By Andrew, 27 Nov, 2011. 0 Comments
2011 Audi R8 GT
A jury from the Auto Bild SportsCars trade journal has named the Audi R8 GT as the “Sports Car of the Year 2011” in the “Production Supercars” category. Stephan Reil, Head of Development at quattro GmbH, accepted the award at the Essen Motor Show. This is the tenth year that the journal has given out awards in this industry. Each year, readers vote for “Sports Car of the Year.” For the 2011 awards, 70,976 readers of the magazine voted.
The Audi high-performance sports car was developed and built by the Audi subsidiary, quattro GmbH. It is powered by a 5.2-liter V10 engine that delivers 412 kW (560 hp), which makes it a driving machine with outstanding longitudinal dynamics and lateral acceleration as well as offering almost instantaneous reactions. The Audi R8 GT weighs 100 kg (220.46 lb) less compared with the R8 5.2 FSI quattro. This car could sprint from zero to 100 km/h (62.14 mph) in 3.6 seconds. It could reach a top speed of 320 km/h (198.84 mph). In addition, its ECE fuel consumption averages at only 13.9 liters for every 100 km (16.92 US mpg).
"173 cars that had previously proven their worth in more than 300 tests and road reports were nominated in 17 classes, which were further broken down into Production, Tuning and Limited Production. Besides the winner, five other Audi models were placed in the top three of their respective classes: the Q7 V12 TDI in the category “Production SUV,” the RS 3 Sportback in the category “Production Compact Cars,” the RS 5 in “Production Coupés,” the Audi A6 Avant 3.0 TFSI quattro in “Production Station Wagons” and the R8 GT Spyder in the category “Production Convertibles.”" said the press release.
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