Not really news, as it's from Jan 2007. But it was news then, perhaps. I also mentioned it in the Olds thread but it should be its own. The trend seems to be "this should be fun but it's not that good." Relevant cars:
Saab 9-3 Viggen: http://www.evo.co.uk/front_website/gall ... &id=212396
Lexus SC430: http://www.evo.co.uk/front_website/gall ... &id=212398‘Saab’s engineers reckoned a little torque-steer was no bad thing, that it allowed the driver to “feel the challenge of the power”. In the wet it would spin alternate front wheels so violently out of junctions and on uneven surfaces that it was possible to travel from one side of the road to the other without turning the wheel. The convertible married rampant torque- steer to a wobbly body and was probably the worst thing I’ve ever driven’
Peter Tomalin
‘I’d just been handed the keys to an SC430. Andy Morgan’s phone rang as we headed to the exit to begin the drive. “It’s Harry - he wants to know what the car’s like,” said Andy. “Tell him it’s rubbish,” I replied. First impressions count for a lot’
Roger Green
‘Looked like a scaled-up Daihatsu Copen, drove like a bad ’50s Yank tank’
John Barker
‘It’s like the design brief was, “Can you just get everything a bit wrong?”’
Richard Porter