ONLY THE BEST | The Very Best Of Our 2021

31 December 2021 Redazione News, Supercars Lounge

ONLY THE BEST | The Very Best Of Our 2021

At the end of the calendar – we know – the air starts smelling of that typical Christmas atmosphere and for us it means checking what the whole year has brought, which for the record was unfortunately still spent in the maximum alert caused by the health emergency that has been haunting us since early last year. Despite this, we were able to complete our editorial plan, accomplish the 3 driving tours we wanted to host and try a large array of cars, not just exotic sports cars, but also SUVs, hot-hatches and 100% electric models. Let’s not dwell any further and while waiting to uncork the bottle wishing you a full throttle 2022, let’s go over those cars that this year we have decided to award as the best in their respective categories.

Edited by the entire team

THE SPORTS CAR | FERRARI ROMA & ALFA ROMEO GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO

Dream cars as we know it always remain the same: flashy looks, mighty engine usually positioned at the back and space rocket performance. Making an excellent sports car that is less self-referential is much more difficult because it needs to be usable in everyday life, but at the same time capable of bringing together a double nature, the more practical one and the one that gives us goosebumps when the road also includes a healthy dose of curves. We have tested the updated version of the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio, which still proved worthy of holding the scepter as the best sports car around, refining some aspects especially related to the cabin, yet maintaining a driving dynamics that you will not find elsewhere.

But since it is an already existing model, we decided to assign this trophy to a second car as well – with equal merit of course – and the choice fell on the Ferrari Roma, a completely new project, a grand tourer with incredible speed skills that succeeds to make all the prancing horse know-how available to the driver and expand the range with one of the most sinuous lines that an enthusiast could wish for. The Roma is not only the concept of “nuova dolce vita” according to Ferrari, but the dolce side of the world of cars that are still able to excite, even when parked.

CLICK HERE for the complete article on the Ferrari Roma

CLICK HERE for the complete article on the Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio

THE CRAZIEST | AUDI RS6

We are sure you would have expected an ultralight sports car, or maybe a supercar with who knows what power/weight ratio. But life becomes complicated for the opponents when the RS6 is in the game and so after having accompanied us on the more traditional commute to work, our road trip on a bunch of French mountain passes at the wheel of the latest incarnation of the performance wagon par excellence proved that Audi does not intend to give up its supremacy. The merit, however, is not only because of the 600 horsepower under the hood, or the incredible torque reserve available, but its’ how the RS6 manages to attack turns, demonstrating a vision of performance on demand that moves the bar incredibly beyond the know limits. It will be really hard for others to do better.