Not quite a walk in the park

Not quite a walk in the park
The speed hump isn't the supercar's only enemy in the urban jungle. Finding somewhere to park the Aventador proved a difficult and sometimes nerve-wracking experience. The car is nearly 4.78m long and 2.03m wide, not including the wing mirrors. That's 40mm wider than a Rolls-Royce Phantom and bigger, you'll soon discover, than will fit in most parking bays.

Once you find a space that you think the Aventador might conceivably be teased into, you have the challenge of limited visibility through the slatted rear window that covers the engine bay and steering that's on the He-Man side of heavy.

At least Lamborghini has installed a full array of parking sensors and a reversing camera to help, but these won't save you if you get overconfident with a roadside space and the car's beautiful alloy wheels cosy-up to a kerb stone.

Taking the Aventador into the tight concrete confines of a modern multi-storey would be like taking a chocolate éclair into a Weight Watchers meeting, it probably wouldn't stay intact for long. The one saving grace might be that at only 1.1m high, you could probably drive it under the exit barriers without paying.