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Audi R8 GT Spyder (2011) first official pictures

Get 3 issues of CAR magazine for £1 - click here Guten Tag to this week's new Audi, the R8 GT Spyder. Audi continues its niche-filling ways, now offering natural air conditioning and enhanced UV exposure to drivers of its high-performance R8 GT coupe. Audi R8 GT Spyder: now with added rooflessness The original R8 GT launched in 2010 as a special edition lightweight R8 V10, and only 333 were produced.

One Lap of the Web: KERS, Klass and autonomous cars

We spend a lot of time on the Internet -- pretty much whenever we're not driving, writing about or working on cars. Since there's more out there than we'd ever be able to cover, here's our daily digest of car stuff on the Web you may not otherwise have heard about. -- KERS, the kinetic-energy-recovery system, was first seen in Formula One a few years back.

EyesOn Design to honor Volkswagen design chief Walter de'Silva

The 24th-annual EyesOn Design car show will honor Volkswagen Group design chief Walter de'Silva with a Lifetime Design Achievement Award, the organizers said. De'Silva is responsible for designing the passenger cars for Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini and Volkswagen. He designed the 2008 Volkswagen Golf, the '10 Touareg and many others.