2010 Audi R8 V10 nets big bucks for charity

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The chance to own the first 2010 Audi R8 5.2 FSI quattro delivered to the U.S. brought a top bid of $500,000 at a charity auction in Florida last Saturday.

According to Audi, the car was auctioned at the 3rd annual Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance auction and the money went to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County. Audi boasted that its entry easily topped the $350,000 winning bid to own one of the first 2010 Ferrari Californias.

Audi hasn’t released pricing on the 2010 R8 V10 yet, but the auction folks put the retail value of the car on the block in the neighborhood of $180,000.

Admittedly, Florida is a long way from the Up to Speed command center, but we couldn’t resist the opportunity to run a picture of this car.

-- Martin Zimmerman