Old Nov 7, 2012 | 08:46 PM
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Mike C
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Yes I owned one for just under three and half years as my everyday car. Was 6 months old when I bought it.

Don't have a bad word to say about it, was rapid, comfortable, easy to drive, simple no nonsense huge engine and six speed manual gearbox. Handled so, so well for such a big car (and it really is huge for a 2dr Coupe).

Build quality was adequate. Not the greatest quality of plastics used inside, but everything felt chunky and not like it was going to break.

Seats were wonderfully supportive. Boot was pretty small, but was pretty good for a car of its type I suppose. The earlier 5.7's had a bigger boot, but the 6.0's boot was half taken up by the fuel tank.

Steering was nice, gearbox was manly and needed a firm hand, but not overly so like a TVR.

And you could get sensible MPG too. 28 on a good run, I usually averaged 23. It's easily to get that down to single figures though if you want to play, but the engine is rarely stressed under normal used. A couple of thousand RPM at 80mph, so doesn't burn fuel like you'd expect when cruising.
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