I dislike the Ecosport, but you are probably right about the rest.

Life’s been good.

Two things:

It is not white so probably not.

And hot hatches have 400bhp and superminis 200+ bhp. The rate at which performance progresses is amazing.

Excuse me for being pedantic, but it’s a hatchback not an estate car.

My apologies, I am not up to date with Ferraris. Portofino it is, then.

700+ bhp. The Enzo had less.

This reminds me of a story of the late 70’s when Daimler was determined to make a mark in rallying. They entered the big lumbering SLC Coupes and threw all the money and resources at their disposal.

1966 probably.

A tiny little bit of envy...

Just one thing, Fangio was Argentinian, not European.

300bhp... that is “hot saloon” territory...

And as an Opel it was a fine car.

I... do not actually drive a Ford. But don’t worry it was difficult to guess.

The turbo look was a common option 911s from the late 70s up to the 996 generation. Once the Carrera name was reintroduced in the second half of the 80s these versions were usually denoted with an S in the model name.

My previous tyres were P7 Cinturatos. They did find but the car ate them, especially the fronts (it is not a super high performance FWD car, but it has a torquey engine and lots of weight over the front). I could barely make them past 35,000km.

That V6 engine is related (or the same) as the 2.8s and 2.9s that went into Granadas, Capris, Scorpios and Sierras?

Although certainly not up to this level, the new lightweight turbo Suzukis would probably surprise more than a person or two when it comes to straight line performance.

Suzuki has also introduced new models such as the Ignis, Swift and Baleno so all the profit is not derived from amortised cash cows.