"The thing just head-butts the horizon..."
"The bark from the exhausts on start-up is deeper and richer than any turbo car can muster."
"But you know what? It’s the best built Alfa I’ve ever sat in"
"And in real life, away from the spec sheet? It tears along rapaciously, with a real, raw timbre to its exhaust note"
It also drives remarkably well. It barely flexes, and with the torque-vectoring by braking system, it’s safe and controlled. Not fun as such, but certainly nothing you’d notice.
“…the performance is brutal… delivering the kind of acceleration you can feel in your face”
“Spoiler alert! This unsexy people carrier isn’t as much fun as a low-slung, carbon-bodied, scissor-doored i8”
"A twin-clutch auto would make the RS faster still, but the manual ‘box is just so much more engaging"
"The kind of fun that I like: easy to drive fast, deliberate in its reactions and unlikely to spit you off."