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<blockquote data-quote="Lee36328" data-source="post: 11345" data-attributes="member: 113"><p>&quot;... our little BMW diesel, which we&#039;d bought from the classifieds, for £11,000, was such a joyful car to drive. Even with a revised engine management system, it wasn&#039;t what you&#039;d call fast. In fact, it was what you&#039;d call slow. But with lower, stiffer suspension, slick tyres and bigger brakes it cornered and gripped like no car I&#039;d ever driven before.&quot;&quot;&nbsp; All the way from Stowe to the pit straight, it was an easy match for everything up to, and including, the 911s.&quot;&quot;Often, the stuff that comes out of the Top Gear technology centre is a bit of a disaster. But that BMW? Jesus. It was astonishing.&quot;Full article on JC&#039;s BMW revelation here.&nbsp; He tussles with supercharged works Jaguar, 911s, and Golfs.&nbsp; No mention of any Alfas anywhere.<a href="http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/1.html" target="_blank">http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/1.html</a><a href="http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/2.html" target="_blank">http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/2.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Lee36328, post: 11345, member: 113"] "... our little BMW diesel, which we'd bought from the classifieds, for £11,000, was such a joyful car to drive. Even with a revised engine management system, it wasn't what you'd call fast. In fact, it was what you'd call slow. But with lower, stiffer suspension, slick tyres and bigger brakes it cornered and gripped like no car I'd ever driven before."" All the way from Stowe to the pit straight, it was an easy match for everything up to, and including, the 911s.""Often, the stuff that comes out of the Top Gear technology centre is a bit of a disaster. But that BMW? Jesus. It was astonishing."Full article on JC's BMW revelation here. He tussles with supercharged works Jaguar, 911s, and Golfs. No mention of any Alfas anywhere.[URL="http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/1.html"]http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/1.html[/URL][URL="http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/2.html"]http://www.topgear.com/content/features/stories/2008/02/stories/09/2.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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