A View On Perfection

I started to wonder if there really is such a thing as a complete car. We talk, often, about the world's fastest car, and the world's greenest car, and the world's most economical car. We bask in the magnificence of the Rolls-Royce's ride and we marvel at the extraordinary reliability of the Honda V-tech system - 15 million made and not a single warranty claim so far.

But is there a car that brings all of these things together, wraps them up in an easy-to-digest, value-for-money package and is sitting there on the shelves right now, waiting to be identified? Because if there is, you can forget the Phantom and the Veyron. It would have to be the greatest car in the world.

Of course, you may think it's impossible to combine, say, comfort and handling. You may argue the two things are mutually exclusive, and you may continue to argue this until you step into the new Audi R8 which will prove you wrong. Even without its magnetic suspension, it manages to handle and is so smooth you can run over a medium-sized man and not notice.