More speed, less fun?

I had a theory about fast cars. Over time I’d grown so convinced of my pet hypothesis that I had to put it to the test once and for all. Not doing so had become a daily nuisance. And that’s how I found myself ripping across a favourite Welsh mountain road in a million pound hypercar on a gorgeous early summer day. The things we do in the name of science…

I won’t be the first to observe that the problem with very fast cars is that you can’t really extend them on the road, at least not for more than a few seconds at a time. That means you’re not getting the full experience, which in turn means driving a supercar or hypercar in public can be unsatisfying – a sort of incomplete activity, like sniffing a pizza.

It’s why, ever since we first drove it in 2018, we’ve not been able to shut up about that little aluminium sports car they build just across the water in Dieppe. It’s probably also why modern classic performance cars are soaring in popularity. Certainly the cars I like most are those you can exert for mile after mile without taking enormous liberties, which tends to rule out today’s most potent machinery.