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Matt C said:
I just saw a rerun of TopGear in which they tested the Quattroporte in Italy on the "Targa Florio" roads.

Essentially they think it's a car with two different characters. When driven hard on backcountry roads, it's brilliant and sporty. However, as a town car, they didn't like it too much (strange gearbox setup constantly switching gears for this purpose).

I'm sure you can download this episode somewhere on the net.



I think this video is available on the Top Gear Web site (go to the video section).

However, James May (the reporter) said recently in the Top Gear Magazine that he would rather have a QP over a CLS 55 AMG and for the "10 favorite cars of the Top Gear magazine" issue the QP was his personal choice.
Anyway, I would't rely too much on the opinions of the Top Gear episodes, since they keep saying one thing and its opposite. I would rather trust the comparaison beetween the QP, Cadillac and a bimmer in a recent EVO issue written by Richard Meaden.