sunday times- 430 scud vs gt2
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/new_car_reviews/article2594978.ece
"Which to choose? If you had only one car, it's the Porsche by a mile. You could drive it like a Ford Fiesta through the traffic and forget the potential it packs - it is a practical everyday car. Used in this role, the deliciously deafening Scuderia would drive you to your wits' end.
But people who can afford cars like this never have just one car. In which case the Ferrari is worth every pound that separates the two: it's not so much what it does and the way it does it that makes this the most exciting modern supercar I've driven - and yes, that includes the Bugatti Veyron. "
"Which to choose? If you had only one car, it's the Porsche by a mile. You could drive it like a Ford Fiesta through the traffic and forget the potential it packs - it is a practical everyday car. Used in this role, the deliciously deafening Scuderia would drive you to your wits' end.
But people who can afford cars like this never have just one car. In which case the Ferrari is worth every pound that separates the two: it's not so much what it does and the way it does it that makes this the most exciting modern supercar I've driven - and yes, that includes the Bugatti Veyron. "
thks for the link
)....suspect much of 599 development is inspired by this need to have a daily-useable commuter and wkend car for this jaded crowd in the major SiliconValley/BevHills mkts....which both have nearby mtn twisties for yr-round wkend driving...and, in case of SiliconValley, one of world's fastest urban fwys, which quickly reveals any car's real-world tq/shift speeds/any turbo lag in routine daily commuting.... 
