We take the Stelvio to this year's Italian Car Day at Brooklands
When you’ve done thousands of miles in a car and not seen another the same, you can start to yearn for the company of like-minded souls. Lately I’ve been feeling the need to spend some time with people who absolutely understand why you might pick theover its more rounded Porsche rival. And I found hundreds of them at this year’s Italian Car Day at Brooklands.
That’s a decent amount of wheel time, but gluttonous appetite for fuel aside, the Quadrifoglio makes a good long-distance cruiser, and rides far better at 80mph than it does at 20. Not so good is the amount of wind whistle around the door glass, and the relative position of wheel and pedals gives new life to the long-arms, short-legs trope about Italian cars and their driving positions.
Looking like a giant guinea pig in a Celtic tracksuit and packing a 513bhp engine that can brag of Ferrari family connections, the Stelvio is used to attracting plenty of attention in my small seaside town. But even the Quadrifoglio has its work cut out commanding eyeballs at Brooklands, where battalions of cars arranged by marque pack out the Old Finishing Straight.
What really makes this show a winner is the variety of metal on offer, much of it from the other end of the spectrum. When was the last time you saw a Lancia Gamma, or even a humble Mk1 Fiat Punto, which I can’t help thinking looks incredibly fresh for its 31 years.
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