Yesterday I had a test drive in a 2 year old Misano Blue Veloce, not a long one and the roads were wet but enough to get a sense of the car...
First impressions were the turbines are much better in the flesh than pictures, although who wouldn't want QV style alloys. The colour is amazing even on a dull grey day it stood out heads and shoulders above the usual monochrome offerings. The car itself is beautiful, muscular and sleek lots of curves, its stance was surprisingly low and menacing. Am I correct in thinking newer cars have been raised ?
Inside the cabin was very good, nice layout and the quality for me was very good. Everybit as good as my Volvo R Design which has a very nice comfortable interior. The door access which Clarkson referred to in his review of the car was not an issue for me.
On the road the steering was a delight - crisp and sharp, the ride smooth and not to hard much better than my Spider and Volvo. The performance was more than enough for my wife who pleaded me to slow down when the trade plate flew of the dash onto her lap when seeing what it could do, and that wasn't even full throttle :devious:.
Overall very impressed and after spending today in our garage rearranging shelves and decluttering I think it would just fit in OK.
As has been said before the only think for me that could have been better was the exhaust note, the car was so refined, quite and smooth for me it was almost missing something. I know this could be addressed with an Exhaust upgrade and would be interested to know peoples experiences with this and is there one which is regarded as being the "go to solution" ?
Appreciate any thoughts.
First impressions were the turbines are much better in the flesh than pictures, although who wouldn't want QV style alloys. The colour is amazing even on a dull grey day it stood out heads and shoulders above the usual monochrome offerings. The car itself is beautiful, muscular and sleek lots of curves, its stance was surprisingly low and menacing. Am I correct in thinking newer cars have been raised ?
Inside the cabin was very good, nice layout and the quality for me was very good. Everybit as good as my Volvo R Design which has a very nice comfortable interior. The door access which Clarkson referred to in his review of the car was not an issue for me.
On the road the steering was a delight - crisp and sharp, the ride smooth and not to hard much better than my Spider and Volvo. The performance was more than enough for my wife who pleaded me to slow down when the trade plate flew of the dash onto her lap when seeing what it could do, and that wasn't even full throttle :devious:.
Overall very impressed and after spending today in our garage rearranging shelves and decluttering I think it would just fit in OK.
As has been said before the only think for me that could have been better was the exhaust note, the car was so refined, quite and smooth for me it was almost missing something. I know this could be addressed with an Exhaust upgrade and would be interested to know peoples experiences with this and is there one which is regarded as being the "go to solution" ?
Appreciate any thoughts.