We dive into the recipe for the perfect sports car -
s – the Griffith in particular – of the Wheeler era. All are very different characters, yet exceptional in their own way. Refreshingly, they are eminently affordable, too. In a market obsessed with excessive power, unusable performance and unfathomable price tags, they are a salutary reminder that when brilliantly executed there are few better things than a truly great sports car.MX-5? No. And it isn’t because it’s not fast enough. That’s the great myth.
That said, I don’t want a car where any sense of jeopardy is subsumed by a chassis so benign and forgiving that it teaches you no lessons and leaves you not quite sure if you’ve made a mistake or possess skills handed down from the gods. That’s why the MX-5 isn’t a sports car. It has all the right ingredients, but it’s too nice, too cushioned and too flattering.
Fun? Superficially, but that only takes you so far. My ideal sports car has sharper reflexes, an edginess to keep me on my toes. I don’t mind that. I want directness and connection that place the onus on me to get things right rather than having to operate in a prescriptive tight jacket. Points of interaction – steering, gearchange, clutch, brakes – should brim with unvarnished tactility and be harmoniously weighted, the seat shaped, padded and located to provide a further stream of feedback.
But neither should a sports car be a slave to numbers. It must have soul. And this most intangible of traits will materialise through the engineering rather than being engineered in. It might manifest itself principally in sound or handling or speed, or it might come to life through some slightly ethereal, alchemic mixture of multiple disparate physical assets. But however it is achieved, it will become clear through the thrill instilled in the occupants when it is being driven.
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