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This car ruined me. Nothing compares to it anymore. It is raw, visceral, scary and amazing. With rear wheel drive, a manual transmission, only 2 seats, hydraulic shocks, pushrods and steel brakes; virtually everything else on the market has more technology. You can look at it as either a race car that happens to be street legal or maybe a fully sorted kit car with a warranty and advanced electronics. If you want a race car experience and still truly interact with the car and track, then drive home in it, this is the answer. It straightens the curves out a Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (MRLS) like nothing else. It screams at you, “Go faster dammit! Go! Go! Go!” On the straights your thought is, “Oh my God!” while the turn rushes furiously at you. And then the sound and lateral g-forces force a,“Holy (expletive)!” With 2nd gear topping out at 88mph and third at 117mph, a lot of time can be spent in 3rd gear. The shifter is a little balky so it takes practice to shift fast and hit 4th on the ...

Three letters in the March 2010 Car & Driver question the 3.3 second 0-60mph time of the Porsche Panamera Turbo that was tested the December 2009 issue. That makes it potentially quicker than many cars with much more power and less weight including the McLaren F1, Ferrari Enzo and Porsche's own GT-2. Weighing 4409lbs with 500hp, on paper it shouldn't beat any of them. There are three reasons it's so quick. All-wheel drive, the dual clutch transmission and gearing that is probably more aggressive than any performance car in history make it accelerate quicker than much more powerful and lighter cars. The Panamera Twin Turbo is in 3rd THIRD! gear by the time it hits 60mph. Many extreme cars like the Bugatti Veyron, Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 and others go over 60mph in 1st gear. Check out the Bugatti Veyron road test with the top 10 quickest cars they have tested. The all-wheel drive ensures no slippage unlike the others where power delivery has to be managed with available...