| are some cars that are, quite simply, beautiful. There I | | | | TV I hadn’t ever seen one in the real world. Its |
| plenty more, I know, which are amazing at road | | | | dramatic rarity at that time meant that I wasn’t |
| performance and fuel economy. Or which have | | | | the only person around to notice it – there were |
| stunning interiors. Or which could drive backwards | | | | loads of us who gawked, and a good few on top of |
| through an infested swampy hell-hole without breaking | | | | that who actually stopped and stared. I thought that |
| a sweat. For me, however, what makes a good car | | | | maybe this sort of reaction was largely just because it |
| great can often come down to how it looks whilst | | | | was a new supercar (I mean, supercars get gawped |
| driving down a road. I don’t mean, of course, | | | | at at the best of times!) – but as it happens the |
| how it looks when zooming around a track at a million | | | | reaction hasn’t really changed in the years now |
| miles an hour – but more how it looks in the real | | | | since it was released. People just pretend they |
| everyday world! | | | | don’t care about seeing one as much! |
| In my opinion, the R8 is one of those rare cars. Sure, it | | | | Perhaps the R8 seems even more impressive |
| wouldn’t look at all out of place racing around a | | | | because of the way it feels to drive it. If you thought I |
| motor racing track – but at the same time it | | | | was already gushing about my favourite car, then that |
| would look really beautiful parked in a rural field, or in | | | | is nothing in comparison to how it actually felt to be the |
| the driveway of a beautiful town house or mansion. It | | | | one being looked at, rather than the one doing the |
| is this effortless grace that sets it apart from a crowd | | | | looking. The engine was their purring away, and I |
| of supercars that are starting to clutter up our streets. | | | | suddenly felt like I could drive at a thousand miles and |
| Rather than looking silly and over-the-top, this car | | | | hour! After a bit of time on the track they let me drive |
| instead only channels purse grace. The looks are kept | | | | it on the motorway – under pain of death from |
| simple, with delicate features – instead most of | | | | the person who was doing me the favour of letting |
| the emphasis is placed on the shape. In essence, there | | | | me try it out! Thankfully I didn’t crash it – |
| are no flashy unnecessary bits, but pure unadulterated | | | | but I didn’t fall in love with it even more than I |
| design. | | | | already was! |
| The first time I saw one of these powerful and | | | | Understated and beautiful, the Audi 58 truly is a stunner |
| intimidating cars, I was walking casually down the road | | | | – and it is one of a rare and exclusive breed. |
| near my house. It must have been just after the cars | | | | One day I will own one! |
| had been released, and although I had seen them on | | | | |