We fall in love with the Audi R8 V10

It's not every day that you emerge from the office clutching the keys to a bona fide supercar, so when the opportunity arises you savour every moment.

Few cars look good in every situation, but the Audi R8 doesn't disappoint even under the murky light of Autoblog's underground car park. The car had already passed through several other hands and was mired in London's wintery grime, but the the visual impact of R8 cannot be obscured by dirt, and there's no hiding the V10 badge on its flank.

If there's a perfect time to fire up that 518bhp 5.2-litre ten-cylinder engine, it's when you're cocooned in the concrete bowels of a basement car park. The R8 barks into life with the kind of harsh metallic rhythm that you feel through the base of your spine.