I'd never driven anything that powerful before &, with the modern trend toward smaller engines, even in bigger vehicles, I don't think I ever will again... Laura is almost as long as OBluV8 is & certainly taller, but is powered by only a 2.0litre diesel engine - less than half what OBluV8 had under the hood

Then again, there are possibly advantages to that. Back when I first bought OBluV8, I burned through all 12 points on my drivers license, mostly due to speeding fines... I'm not a revhead by nature, but it never felt like I was going that fast... but the highway patrol always disagreed...