Riding the bull

Riding the bull
Having successfully got into the car, overcome the embarrassment of being gawped at and damaged every greenhouse in a mile radius just by thumbing the starter button, it's time to drive.

By supercar standards, the Aventador's Formula One-inspired pushrod suspension serves up decent ride comfort at low speeds. By the standards of the family hatchbacks, SUVs and superminis most of us drive every day, it's rather choppy.

In order to deliver lightning fast direction changes and pull face-melting cornering forces, a supercar needs to be super rigid in its chassis and super stiff in its suspension. The Aventador is, but on good surfaces it's comfy for a car of its ilk. As the road deteriorates, so does the ride, though. Cruising expansion-jointed motorways quickly becomes tiring and on potholed B-roads it can feel like you'd be better off riding a pneumatic drill.