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2009 Audi e-tron concept

2011 Audi R8 Spyder

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Audi's pair of R8s for the Frankfurt Auto Show take the familiar platform in two very different directions. The 2009 e-Tron Concept, despite its massive 3,309 pound-feet of all-electric torque, is decidedly green and concerned less with performance.

The 2011 R8 Spyder, on the other hand, uses the 525-horsepower, 5.2-liter Lamborghini-derived V-10 engine from the R8 V-10 FSI to deliver heart-thumping performance in an elemental environment. The live photos show just how well the R8's shape takes to the drop-top style.

But it seems no matter what you do with the R8 form, it comes across beautifully in the end, as these contrasting examples prove in the gallery below.

HI-RES GALLERY: 2009 Audi e-tron concept