Audi R8 owners dislike the sentiment, but the German speed machine has always been the sensible supercar.

The controlled but elegant exterior styling, the impressive interior technology and its ability to make terrible drivers feel confident behind the wheel has seen it find a home with those wanting all-out performance but also a vehicle that can handle a trip to Waitrose every once in a while.

For these reasons alone, the flamboyant Lamborghini and Ferrari ownership setoften dismisses the machine as a tarted-up TT. But the latest drop-top version, the R8 Spyder, is living proof that the everyday supercar can easily mix it with the big boys.

Yes, it’s strangely comfortable and almost irritatingly adept at eating the motorway miles, but unpeel the beautifully complex fabric hood, hit the sports exhaust buttons and unleash all 533bhp from the naturally aspirated 5.2-litre V10 and it’s difficult not to be blown away – both physically and cognitively.

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