Audi

A3

£13,915 - £26,635

Maybe a bit too far down the food chain to justify its premium price, but certainly has enough quality to distinguish it from its poorer cousin, the VW Golf.

A4

£18,695 - £34,280

Audi has produced a 3-Series rival that, although it's still not as agile the BMW, at last offers truly fantastic ride quality, and is so thorough it feels like a Panerai watch.

A4 Allroad

£28,495 - £33,730

Capacious estate and able off-roader, the A4 Allroad does everything you need it to. Even better, there’s no image problem

A4 Avant

£20,340 - £35,430

If they'd called it an estate car you'd have thought it was just a plain, rather boring dog-friendly version of the A4. And you would have been right - that's what it is.

A4 Cabriolet

£25,160 - £36,505

The original Sloane-spec soft-top beloved of the Princess Di generation matures beautifully on this new chassis into the UK's only really flawless four-seater cabrio.

A5

£22,940 - £39,595

Cool coupe that looks the part like Daniel Craig looks the part. A plain but stylish suit, muted but implicit power, and tougher than steel. Understatement rocks.

A5 Cabriolet

Don’t let the lack of a folding metal roof fool you. The Audi A5 Cabriolet does a good, if pricey, job of things with its plush soft top.

A6 allroad

£35,360 - £39,585

The old trick, eh? Disguise your SUV as an estate car - sorry Avant - so that the green militia won't mistake it for a Range Rover and smear it with dog poo.

A6 Saloon

£23,540 - £37,835

If Captain Sensible were a sales rep, he'd have to have one. There's a big neat tick in every box, so it will float your boat if you get excited by carefully filled out forms.

A8

£48,120 - £79,235

Think of it as a long-legged, sharp-suited businesswoman with a wedgy haircut. Very classy, extremely well put together, dominant. You like, but you don't love.

Q5

£24,910 - £36,700

Decent small SUV that can threaten the larger Q7 price-wise if you start getting jiggy with the options. It's good, but strangely bland. Like motoring mashed potato. 

Q7

£37,385 - £95,260

Even by stupidly huge SUV standards the Q7 is stupidly huge. Hilariously, there's a hybrid version for California, liked by the stupidly huge Governor Schwarzenegger.

R8

£78,800 - £113,645

Porsche has been swanning about for years, safe in the knowledge that the 911 is the default supercar. Nobody else has both the badge and the know-how. Until now.

R8 V10

The new Audi R8 has found another two cylinders and lost nothing in the process. 

RS6 Avant

£75,065

Not since Volvo entered British Touring Car racing with a V70 estate has any car maker been so cheeky. I mean, a V10-powered, 155mph estate car? Outrageous.

S3

£26,065 - £28,605

A rich man's Golf GTI. Clearly it's a very fine thing, but on Planet Hatchback you exit the atmosphere at £25k, and by the time you get to S3 money you're into deep orbit.

TT Coupe

£24,135 - £42,150

Arguably the point where Audi first started to explore its design potential. The first one was radical and flawed, but this is a coupe with purpose and mass appeal.

TT Roadster

£23,145 - £44,050

Effortless transition from coupe, but carries with it the faintest hint of uncertainty about your desired image. Handling and looks both compromised, but only slightly.