Lamborghini LM002 (Katharine Allen).


has no doubt alarmed and surprised many a modern hot-hatch boy-racer with its unexpected turn of acceleration. Up near the Members’ Banking Grahame Luke’s 600bhp 1996 Nissan Stagea (essentially a Skyline estate) was less reserved about its perform- ance credentials and its four-wheel-drive which helps to put all that power to the road. Gullwing doors are generally the party trick of supercars but this year things were different when the Tesla Model X P100 D (100kWh) held court to a fascinated audience and left some wondering where the Maserati Levante, Bentley Bentayga, Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV and Rolls-Royce Cullinan


Mansory Bentley behind the Ferrari (Katharine Allen).


will each rank in the race for performance honours in the super SUV category. The Model X with its 2.9 seconds nought to 60mph accelera- tion probably made it the fastest car at Brooklands on Supercar Sunday.


Tesla’s all electric Model X, Honda’s hybrid NSX and Alfa’s four-door Giulia QV gave Brooklands visitors a taste of the rapid redefini- tion of performance motoring just as rumours of a Maranello ‘FUV’ bubble up yet again.


Mike Rysiecki Tesla Model X (Katharine Allen).


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