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handful - take it out of comfort and the back end gets very slippery - this will step out of line on amini roundabout if you’re not careful… god knowswhat itwould be like in trackmode! But enough about its tail happy
nature,what’s it like as a car… karting the kids around and going ice skating. As you do,well aswe did at least. It’s spacious, no issues there, and
really comfortable - the driving position is everything an Alfa should be. You have great visibility and a fantastic viewdown the sculpted bonnet. The bells andwhistles are all there as youwould expect on a top spec car, and it gives a lovely feel even in comfortmode. You don’t need to push it because itmakes you smile even at (forwant of a betterword) normal speeds. And the noise… Oh. My.God. The noise! The
exhausts sound amazing as you take the gearbox through the revs, either in auto or using the flappy paddles -which actuallywork quite well, it’s one of the best engine
notes I’ve heard in a long time. There is however a problemwith
this car. It’s notmajor, but it’s annoying in car so close otherwise to perfection. It’s the steering. It’s fine at speed - in fact anything
above about five or tenmiles an hour butmaneuvering at lowspeeds to get in and out of parking spaces, thewheel jump on full lockmakes it feel like something is knocking against the body and jumping the whole car. It’s horrible. It does stop if you ease away fromfull lock, but you shouldn’t have to. I expect thatwouldn’t happen in
the slightly less growlymodels, and in fairness, that’s probablywhat I’d buy… but still… so close to perfection… The other thing to bear inmind
(for theQVmodel) is the price. This is almost £74,000 and that’s a lot. But I think if you got this on a
track, that pricewould suddenly make a lot of sense. That’swhy I’ve dubbed it a lion inwolf’s clothing. Looks like a handful, behaves even more so.
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