I am going to preach the gospel of “sluggish automotive quick” for so long as I am alive. You will discover true pleasure behind the wheel of one thing with barely sufficient energy to get out of its personal means, not a lot grip, and the willingness be pushed like a hooligan. It even works on the Nürburgring.

Dale Lomas from Bridge to Gantry demonstrates this ably in an onboard video at a moist Nordschleife observe day in an outdated Citroën C1. The little french hatchback has simply 68 horsepower, nevertheless it was stripped out and caged for a 24-hour race at Spa, and a propensity for oversteer mid-corner and on exit. So, principally, an ideal automotive.

The secret right here is conserving momentum, and that is true whether or not you are on the Nürburgring or attempting to maintain up with faster automobiles on a good street. Stand up to hurry and do all the things you may to remain there. Do not brake, hold the revs up, keep away from wheelspin, strive to not scrub off pace mid-corner, oh, and do not brake. Achieved correctly, you may sustain with a lot sooner automobiles, with Lomas doing his damndest to stick with an E36 3-Collection and a pal in a Hyundai I20 N. Lose momentum by lifting or braking unnecessarily and it is agonizing. It takes perpetually to get again on top of things, however when you do it proper, little in life is extra satisfying. 

You could be sooner in a brand new BMW M3, however would you be having extra enjoyable? I am undecided.