NEW YORK — Audi's uproarious R8 just lost its roof and got a whole lot sunnier. See also: Mazda's MX-5 RF retractable hardtop looks like a Japanese Jaguar Sensible German luxury carmaker Audi ...

Lucky Frankfurt Motor Show attendees will be the first to see a convertible version of Audi’s phenomenal R8, called the R8 Spyder. Foregoing the proliferating retractable hardtop, Audi has gone ...

After much anticipation Audi unveiled the drop-top version of its R8 in Frankfurt a few months ... a light-weight soft-top instead of a retractable hard top. The total curb weight of the car ...

When did Audi become the ultimate ‘cool’ car manufacturer? It could have been around the end of the last decade, when the original TT was launched, along with the futuristic A2 compact MPV.

Last week I tested Audi's all-new 2011 R8 Spyder, the convertible version ... end aluminium engine vents and rear body panels. Its retractable soft roof on the car is solidly engineered.

From the everyman’s Mazda MX-5 Miata with retractable fastback ... powerplant that motivates the R8 Coupe. Unlike the Mazda and its surprise Targa-style hardtop, the R8 convertible plays it ...

The Audi R8 Spyder has been spotted ... As has been the case with the previous R8, there is not expected to be much to separate the Spyder from its hard top sibling. It gets the same internal ...