The Audi R8 is a bona fide A-lister in a glittering world of stunning machinery. And it's all the more impressive that Audi has achieved this status with its first ever supercar.

But Audi didn't walk into the R8 project with its eyes closed. It put what it had learned from its all-conquering Le Mans race car into practice, creating a near-190mph, mid-engined supercar complete with Audi's excellent quattro four-wheel drive system.

We sent Stuart Milne to Warwickshire to put the Audi R8 through its paces.

They're expensive, impractical and demand constant attention - but supercars are the world's most desirable motors.

But is there a way you can have your £333,000 supercar cake and eat it? Vijay Pattni went to a low-key industrial estate in Surrey to find out - and uncovered a world of glamour and horsepower...

Road tax prices will change in April 2009 - but how much will it cost to tax YOUR car?

We reveal how the new car tax system works, what the exemptions are and how much you'll pay.

by Andy Goodwin

The Volkswagen Scirocco is now available with two full-on tuning packages, while VW has announced two new entry-level Scirocco engines.

It used to make salt, pepper and bicycles - but today it is the second biggest car maker in Europe.

Peugeot has come a long way in its 100 year history, and has now entered the big off-roader market for the very first time with this: the four-wheel-drive Peugeot 4007.

Peugeot has teamed up with Mitsubishi and Citroen to produce essentially the same four-wheel-drive SUV - Vijay Pattni took the first road-going Peugeot 4x4 to see what's what...

Lewis Hamilton is flying the flag for Britain in Formula 1. But with fellow Britons Anthony Davidson and David Coulthard dropping out of F1 this year, who will replace them?

Trackside's Keith Collantine looks at three of the most likely names to join Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button as F1's British stars.

A 784bhp concept car with ZERO emissions, a V6-engined Renault Megane - and the world's first EVER Lamborghini four-door saloon: this is the 2008 Paris Motor Show.

Vijay Pattni is your guide to the hottest cars lighting up the stage in France...

by Adrian Hearn

Paris Motor Show goers have been treated to a sneak peek at the world's next hypercar - the Aston Martin One-77.

While almost completely concealed, there were parts of the Aston Martin clearly visible such as a massive front grille and sexy alloy wheels.

by Adrian Hearn

The Ferrari California has been given its official global debut at the 2008 Paris Motor Show.

The bright red Ferrari California is the first car from the Italian car maker to have an electrically-folding metal roof - and it's amazingly quick, folding from open to fully closed in just 15 seconds and then dropping back down again in the same amount of time.

by Vijay Pattni

BMW has taken the wraps of its latest SUV offering at the Paris Motor Show - the BMW Concept X1.

The new BMW Concept X1 - which will sit below the BMW X3 in the carmaker's off-road range if built - is the company's first 'baby' 4x4 and follows the groundbreaking BMW X6 coupe-SUV launched earlier this year.