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Audi Launches 2012 R8 Exclusive Selection Editions in US

The Audi R8 facelift hasn’t even made it to the US and already they have launched special editions? Hold on to your horses Audi fans, because these special editions are based on the 2012 model year car, which means you don’t have the funky LED headlights, the new exhausts and the cosmetic tweaks.
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Only twenty of these Exclusive Selection Editions will be built for the R8 V8, and thirty more for the R8 V10, sold exclusively in the US. market.

The R8 V8 features bespoke Daytona Gray matte exterior finish, standard carbon fiber blade insert. You also get a black grille surround, black exhausts, the same taillights as the R8 GT, standard red brake calipers and 19-inch titanium five-arm double spoke wheels.

Prices for the 2012 Exclusive Selection Edition R8 V8 start at $137,700 for the manual version or $146,800 for the R tronic automatic.

Meanwhile, the 2012 Exclusive Selection Edition R8 V10 comes only in Ibis White with contrasting black for the sideblades, exterior mirrors, grille and intakes. This storm trooper also comes with 19-inch e-tron wheel with black windows

Prices start at $161,500 for the manual or $170,600 for the R tronic automatic.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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