The R8 road car was officially launched at the Paris Auto Show on 30 September 2006 and was manufactured by the German car company, Audi. It is a two seater mid-engine sports car which uses the Audi “Quattro” all-wheel drive technology. The sports car which is based on the Lamborghini Gallardo, was designed by Audi AG’s high performance private subsidiary company, Quattro GmbH....

  If you are not in the lucky position to own your own sports car then one option to get your ‘sports car hit’ would be to go on a track day. Here you will be able to drive a number of expensive sports cars and be taught by a driving expert exactly how to get the most out of the cars in an environment where you’re not limited to 70MPH. The track days are a great w...

While we’d all like to feel that we can channel our inner Lewis Hamilton, driving a powerful sports car should be taken seriously. It’s all too easy to get complacent with the excellent handling and insane levels of grip of a modern sports car and have an errant stab of throttle see you exiting the road sideways. When renting an unfamiliar vehicle this is doubly true. Most sta...

The BMW i8 has generated quite a lot of noise in the motoring world for being the first real attempt at a production electric super car from a mainstream manufacturer, and has won considerable plaudits for it’s various successes in doing so. Though some compromises have been made to make it so, there’s no denying that the car is a striking thing to look at, and the figures on p...

Many people would love to own a sports car. Having the adrenalin rush and making people’s heads turn as you drive up the street can be an extremely satisfying experience for drives of ages, male or female. But the reality of owning a sports car can often be the thing that stops many of us owning one. The initially cost is often quite high, especially if you are looking at buyin...