the GT86, or is it a car that costs, in the spec we've got here, £260,000 rather than

under 30,000 quid - and is the Ferrari F12? Does power and speed talk to you more

than feedback, feel, and just good honest fun? Okay, so what is the GT86 like around

Snetterton? Well, it's quite a quick circuit but the car does not feel underwhelmed on

it. There are a couple of corners where you notice

the relative paucity of power but by and large, because it's fairly skinny-tyred, they're

not massively sticky tyres either. It's actually adjustable all the time; there's loads of

communication through the steering and you get a very slight trace of understeer (I mean

very, very slight) on the way in followed by just absolutely as much oversteer as you

want. This car has a reputation for being a drift

monkey. It really does flow with a just nice balance. You can just drive it on neutral

steer if you want to, or have it on full-opposite lock too (it will be an arm full) if you really

want to. God, that is pretty lovely; it all happens

relatively modest, attainable, you take your hands off the wheel and chat to a camera sort

of speed. Right then, a deep breath; 730bhp of Ferrari F12, which revs to eight and a

half thousand revs with all the driving edge turned off. Fast, fast, fast, right. Break

before the 300 yard marker on the first lap, I think. Just a little bit of sideways-ness

on the exit. It just straightens it with the throttle because that's how much power this

thing has. Just walk it out of there. When you get this

thing straight it accepts loads of traction. It's only if it is mid-corner will it really

unstick the rear. Once it's straight it will accept full power very well. The thing is

there's so much oomph you can just sort of send it sideways anywhere in any gear. When

they say it's adjustable they aren't kidding.

Am I having ten times as much fun as GT86? No, I'm probably not, but this is more challenging to drive than a GT86, no question.

The GT86 is just playful, playful, playful and do what you like.

This is playful, but by the way, I have 730bhp. Which is the better driver's car. You know

what? It really comes down to what you're after at the end of the day. They do both

offer front engine rear drive, relatively predictable handling thrills. I would probably

start my day in a GT86, and once I felt I got on top of it, I would finish my day in

one of these. You don't need one or the other. You sort of need both.