Category: Exotic Sports 
Price Range: £120,700 to £141,300
Wonderful engine and transmission. Secure, fun cornering thanks to well-sorted four-wheel drive. Delightful hand-finished cabin. Styling. Comfort.
Weight. Thirst. Not too roomy in the back given overall length.
Remarkably satisfying top-end GT.
It all looks and feels fantastically high quality and well constructed. The wood, leather, carpet, almost everything feels great - except the oddly flimsy, plasticky paddles for gearshifting.
It's made to very high standards - the best of British craftsmanship and the best of German automation - and since its launch there have been very few problems, as you'd hope when you're paying well over £100,000. The only issues reported so far have been failed rear window aerials and rear screen-heaters.
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wrote on 28 08 2007