Audi’s bid to make a more purist sports car, the rear-wheel-drive R8, has been given a 30PS (22kW) fillip. The car’s magnificent centrepiece, its 5.2-litre naturally-aspirated V10, may still fall short of the power offered in the R8 quattro, but with 570PS (425kW) going to the rear wheels, the new Performance model promises to be more “purist” than ever.

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