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2020 Audi R8 Spyder offers V10 performance with the wind in your hair

The Audi R8 is brutally quick and endlessly comfortable.

Steven Ewing
Steven Ewing spent his childhood reading car magazines, making his career as an automotive journalist an absolute dream job. After getting his foot in the door at Automobile while he was still a teenager, Ewing found homes on the mastheads at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog and Motor1.com before joining the CNET team in 2018. He has also served on the World Car Awards jury. Ewing grew up ingrained in the car culture of Detroit -- the Motor City -- before eventually moving to Los Angeles. In his free time, Ewing loves to cook, binge trash TV and play the drums.
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Hello, gorgeous. Meet the 2020 Audi R8 Spyder.

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Both the R8 Coupe and Spyder receive a number of upgrades for the 2020 model year.

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For starters, there's the new front end styling, which I don't actually find to be an improvement.

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Still, there's no mistaking the R8 for anything else on the road.

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Power comes from a naturally aspirated, 5.2-liter V10 engine.

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In base form, the R8 produces 562 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque.

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Opt for the Performance model and you get 602 hp and 413 lb-ft.

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The R8 sends its power to the ground via Quattro all-wheel drive.

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The 2020 Audi R8 models are on sale now.

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Keep scrolling for more photos of the 2020 Audi R8 Spyder.

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