U p through the range, acceleration was smooth but hardly exhilarating until 3,500 when someone seemed to push on the rear bumper. At 5,000 revs a gap, an almost imperceptible cough - perhaps they stopped pushing. And then on she would have gone to infinity, but we must not be naughty, we've got speed limits in this country. A lthough we did not have the opportunity to time the acceleration, the figures would barely exceed the 3000 times. Wiggling the car down a country lane provided less excitement than served up by a 3000, and an extra degree of safety.
Road holding is much improved.
The steering is neutral. The wider track stopped even the slightest hint of unmanageability, and, as previously mentioned, weight distribution cut out steering problems. It did feel a little spongy and if those Continentals had been replaced with a set of SPs or Zxs even that could have been eliminated. B rakes were not to our liking, but here the problem might have been purely maintenance. Perhaps it was the tyres, again.