| ’t often see really fancy cars around where I | | | | wasn’t the poshest 911 in the world, but it was |
| live, unless I am driving out past the used Maserati | | | | still a very expensive pieces of kit which it is actually |
| dealership, or I happen to pass the occasional Ferrari | | | | quite rare to see anywhere on the streets. The third |
| on the motorway. It just seems to be that I am not in | | | | car was an Audi R8, which is becoming quite frequent |
| an area that is particularly suitable for drivers of fast | | | | around the UK at the moment, but which never fails to |
| and beautiful cars, perhaps due to the huge number of | | | | make an impression. My favourite of all the cars I saw |
| speed bumps, steep hills and difficult to navigate multi | | | | that day, however, was the Maserati Quattroporte. |
| story carparks that seem to be scattered around the | | | | It was nearing the evening when I saw the |
| town. It is a real shame, as the area is actually quite | | | | Quattroporte, and being winter the sun was already |
| rich with lots of gorgeous houses, and I just wish that | | | | going down, which probably made this car look even |
| pretty cars and gorgeous specimens of automotive | | | | better than it already does – twilight works really |
| workmanship could drive around a little easier. | | | | well for all cars which come in metallic paint and which |
| Imagine my surprise, therefore, when I saw a number | | | | feature a lit of sweeping lines and dramatic curves. I |
| of beautiful cars driving around the streets the other | | | | think it is something to do with all the artificial light |
| day. As far as I could work out there wasn’t | | | | reflecting off the surface. Whatever it was, this car |
| any particular event going on, but I saw at least4 | | | | looked great, and I had to stop in my tracks just to |
| supercars or sportscars as I wandered around town. I | | | | stare at it as it whisked briskly past me. |
| presume there wasn’t an event as all the | | | | Many people would argue that there are more |
| vehicles were different brands, and were also spotted | | | | impressive cars, and I am sure there are plenty that |
| in different areas of town, going about their business. I | | | | cost more money. But as I don’t own one and |
| would have expected them to all e heading to the | | | | don’t drive it, what matters to me is how the |
| same place if there was a motor show or similar, so all | | | | engine roars when it drives past, and how the car itself |
| I can assume is that my town is making up for lost | | | | looks. And, in my humble opinion, the Quattroporte |
| time in the automotive stakes. | | | | looks better than the majority of cars on the market, |
| The first two cars I saw were impressive enough | | | | without even trying! |
| – a sleek red Ferrari that was getting a lot of | | | | Have you seen any exciting or unusual cars in your |
| appreciative glances, and a Porsche 911. It | | | | area of the world recently? |