Private Air New York

www.privateairny.com Private Air | Spring 2023 71 at high revs will be appreciated) and ultimately this isn't a highway cruiser with short gearing and no eight speed / over drive. e STO is developed and created for mountains and racetracks, not runs to the supermarket. It won't be anyone's daily driver unless they live on, or next to, the aforementioned. e front boot is now a part of the full width front clamshell cover and provides toothbrush storage only. Speaking of dentistry, you won't be needing a check up on the filling adhesive after a run over anything but billiard smooth asphalt (I'm thinking about the epic three lane mountain run up to the top of Ras Al-Khaimah). e STO suspension is so firm in race mode that I found myself clenching my teeth, a first outside of Olympic bobsledding! Better to use the sport mode and leave Corsa for, well, the actual racetrack! With the revs peaking at 8,000 revs your fingers pull the long thin wheel-mounted paddle and snap, you're into illegal territory in 2nd gear and the trees are becoming a solid green deafening blur around you. Power oversteer is simply a matter of nerve, skill and road width, as this Lambo is always ready to play with some of the best steering engagement available: light but not like the horsey neighbors, direct, and highly communicative. What's noticeable about the STO is that the chassis dynamic has been changed and without the weight of the front drivetrain 'gubbins' the understeer, which is always prominent, in these systems, has been substantially turned out. At high speeds the aero really comes into play and you begin to wonder just how fast you can take the 120mph sweepers and what the road limits are… and what happens when you cross them. When walking past one's collection of cars in your garage (unless you live in Monaco) and considering what to take DRIVE

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