I enjoyed the epic shove of its 6 litre twin-turbo motor and admired how well it stuck to my chosen line through long sweeping bends but I was also aware I was driving it quickly because that is what the job required me to do: for myself I’d have been as happy to ease off the throttle, turn up the stereo and flick on the cruise control. That was the kind of car it seemed to be.
So it is perhaps as well that the next day I drove it on altogether more twisting, tortuous roads – an environment to which a 5,180lb car would seem inherently poorly suited – for there I discovered another side to it I’d not fully explored the day before. If you drive it not merely rapidly but absolutely as fast as is safe on deserted mountain roads it comes alive.
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