Automotive Journal

The Audi R8 is the Robb Report's choice for Car of the Year for 2008. It's a fast, lightweight vehicle with a V-8 engine. Audi is planning to sell about 200 of the luxury vehicles in the U.S. this year. Autoblog reports that the voting was very close.

It was apparently "the closest voting in the award's recent history," which is not hard to understand based on the depth of the field. The stupendous machinery trumped by the R8 includes the Ferrari 599, 911 Turbo Cabriolet, Bentley Continental GT Speed, and Aston Martin Vantage V8. The award is decided by automotive professionals as well as Robb Report readers privileged enough to join in. Coming from a magazine that caters to people who can have anything, and often want people to know just how much they spent on everything, Audi's award is no small beer.

Here's a video on the the Robb Report's decision.



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