On this day in 1999: Noble's Lotus Elise challenger, Nissan launches the Skyline and Ferrari presents its new-era sports car
“Come rain or shine, it’ll drive right around the outside of an Elise on any corner you might select.
“It has significantly better brakes and is at least as good at absorbing the ruts bumps of an English B-road. Oh yes, and it sounds like a“In fact, it kind of feels like a baby NSX, period. Same growling V6 just behind your left ear. Same balanced poise around long, fast sweepers. Even the gearchange slots home sweetly like an NSX’s.
“We often find with low-volume British sports cars that there are areas of brilliance but little in the way of overall competence. But not so in this instance.” Oddly, though, Noble would make only five M10s, moving unfulfilled orders to the even better but coupé-only M12. We enjoyed a golden glut of affordable family cars in the late ’90s, as seen in Steve Cropley’s comparison of the 1.6-litre petrol hatchbacks – Mk1
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