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Okay, so Ferrari has gone ahead and called for a sort of recall for the Ferrari 458, arguably one of the best supercars on the planet according to some hacks. Apparently, nearly a dozen of them have been in incidents already (thanks to wreckedexotics for that counter!) and three of them went through spontaneous combustion. Everyone raised their voices and their arms in unison and Maranello literally had to step in to its fire-fighting shoes.
Should you be surprised? Frankly, no. Supercars have had a tendency to go through such moments, Lamborghinis for instance are not new to the concept of self-immolation. Neither are Ferraris from certain eras. Supercars run hot, run hard and if they spend too much time idling in traffic temperatures just soar in the engine bay. It's just that we live in a generation where facebook, twitter and youtube are responsible for things being over-hyped a bit and then the general media latching on to it. Relax, the 458 is still something fantasies are made of, fiery ones or not.
On the sidelines...
Drove the Santa Fe the other day and boy, was I impressed by it. Hyundai have been making huge strides and while we've seen it with their small cars here in India, it's the big ones that are catching everyone's fancy in the western world. Since this is the first of the new-age large Hyundais to make it to India, I could understand what the fuss is all about.
It looks good, no matter how subjective design is. Importantly it's the most powerful SUV of the lot – 194 bhp from a 2.2-litre diesel motor and nearly 43 kgm of torque is something we don't find ordinarily. It's turn of pace got me stunned and then it showed a lot of poise whilst going around corners – it felt more like a large European SUV than something typically from Asia. It also is a good indicator as to why Hyundai have gone from relative obscurity to the fourth largest auto manufacturer in the world in less than two years.
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