Stephan Reil, Head of Development Department of quattro GmbH, accepted the award, one of the most coveted of the German car industry, for the Audi R8 GT to an audience of about 450 guests. About 70,976 readers of the magazine participated in the vote this year for the "Sports Car of the Year 2011".
The Audi subsidiary - quattro GmbH - is responsible for developing and producing the R8 GT. Its 5.2 liters V10 engine develops an output of 560 horses. The engineers reduced the weight by 100 pounds compared to the R8 5.2 FSI quattro.
All improvements, allow the R8 GT accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h in 3.6 seconds and reach a top speed of 320 km / h, while the average advertised is 13.9 liters per 100 kilometers.
The contest were 173 vehicles previously tested by the experts of the German publication in more than 300 tests, number of vehicles divided among 17 classes, which were subdivided into large production, tuning and limited production.
Besides the winner, five other Audi models were positioned among the top three of their class: the Q7 V12 TDI in the category "Production SUV", the RS3 in Sportback category 'Production Car Compact ", the RS 5 on' Production Coupe ", the Audi A6 Avant 3.0 TFSI quattro in 'Production Vans» R8 Spyder GT and in the category "Production Convertible."
