How can you not like this year's stable of Audi R8s? Keep in mind, we're not asking if you can afford these gorgeous cars, but if you can love them.

We love our supercars to death. We obsess over their top speeds and great power. But what is it like to actually use one? Over 500 miles of European motorway, we discover an inconvenient truth.

With the cab-forward proportions of a 250 LM and the detailing of some Pluto-bound spacecruiser, it's no wonder the R8 Spyder still one of the most desirable cars in the world, even though its design is nearly four years old.

Swedish freestyle skier Jon Olsson has got himself another four-wheel-drive supercar, but this time it's not a Lamborghini. Or, well, not really Lamborghini. It's a carbon fiber-widebody Audi R8 tuned by PPI with a look as black as Tara Reid's lungs. And you thought your Subaru was the ultimate all-weather machine.

Manchild Matt Farah says the 710 hp STaSIS V10 R8 is so good it leaves him speechless. Unfortunately, when he can't speak he lets out an unnerving maniacal laugh. It's the only thing that'll make you want more commentary.

Cincinnati Reds 2nd Baseman Brandon Phillips was arrested last month for "reckless driving" with his mom in the car. This is the hideous purple Audi R8 V10 he was arrested in. Update!

At 9 A.M. yesterday, Powerball winner Rahul Patel watched his brand-new Audi R8 burn to a brucey crisp on Connecticut's Merritt Parkway. Talk about a string of weird luck.

We love our supercars to death. We obsess over their top speeds and great power. But what is it like to actually use one? Over 500 miles of European motorway, we discover an inconvenient truth.

After a 4 AM alarm, a 1-hour flight, a 1-hour drive, five minutes of paperwork, and a very short elevator ride, this was the sight that greeted us in the bowels of Audi’s Ingolstadt headquarters. We giggled like schoolboys. Little did we know what would await us.

Audi's Iron Man sponsorship tie-up continues with Tony Stark adding an Audi R8 V10 Spyder to his garage along with a chauvinistic tagline for the second movie. Because, you know, a multi-billionaire superhero needs a car to get laid.