• The Detroit Bureau, Tuesday, February 7, 2012 11:15 AM

Audi says it plans to import only 50 copies of the hand-built R8 GT Spyder convertibles later this month. The most exclusive version of what is already Audi’s top-line model, the topless supercar will carry a sticker price of $210,000, making it the German maker’s most expensive offering to date.  And that’s before you add on $1,200 for the destination charges and as much as $3,000 more for gas-guzzler taxes. But if you can pony up the 200 clams, and whatever extra it will cost to bribe someone to put you at the top of the line, none of that will matter. You probably own the refinery that makes the gas.

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