Audi Nuvolari review

You can pay as much as you like, you’re still not having one. Only 499 are being produced, and the word is that every single one is already spoken for. This despite the £526,990 asking price in the UK and the fact it is left hand-drive only.

Actually, what are we saying? If you are prepared to pay as much as you like, we’re sure someone will be prepared to flip theirs for a healthy profit. It's this status, the Nuvolari as a collector car, that makes it impossible to judge the Audi’s value.

The shame of it is that by denying this car to a full audience, Audi has let us down. Unfortunately, times have changed, and the reasonably wealthy who would've been able to afford or at least justify an R8 no longer can. The money has migrated upwards. And in pursuit of it that's where the car manufacturers have gone as well.