Although not quite a match for the Turbo, the 40-valve, 3.6-liter V-8 pours its heart out trying, ripping to its 8500-rpm redline, sprinting to 60 in 4.6 seconds and through the quarter in 13.1 seconds at 110 mph. Cornering grip is just a tick behind the Porsche’s, 0.92 g vs. 0.93. And attacking the twisties takes more skill, because the controls are so alive. Too alive, we think. The throttle travel is so short that even a tiny shrink back of the foot chops the power. Such abruptness on entering a turn transfers weight sharply forward, just asking for the tail to come around.
