Number eight on the top ten most powerful Audi hit parade. The first-generation 2009 R8 Type 42 V10 Coupe and Spyder. Developing 540 hp at a lofty 8250 rpm and 398 lb-ft at 6500 revs, the wailing Audi V10 shares its heart with the Lamborghini Huracan. Also the first production car with full-LED headlamps, the R8 5.2 FSI coupé V10 was good for a 3.5-second 0-60 mph run. And a 12-second quarter-mile and 196 mph Vmax.
Once a handy engine and chassis tuner, and a combative racer and rally driver, Michele took up the pen to express his passion for cars, racing and motoring over 30 years ago. He published South Africa’s go-to enthusiast motor magazines Cars in Action and Bakkie — some say against all odds — for a quarter century. In that time, Michele had a hand in nurturing many of South Africa's motoring media leaders. Today Michele keeps himself busy with his a range of intrnational motoring media duties alongside his own theauto.page. And a little racing on the side.
