By Leftlane Staff
Monday, Mar 27th, 2006 @ 11:11 am

Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear fame got a chance to test the new Alfa Romeo 159. Clarkson praised the the car’s unique styling and impressive engine. “In a tunnel, at 4000rpm, it was more sonorous than any music.” Of course, he also pointed to some downsides in the way that only Jeremy Clarkson can do. Most of the complaints related to poor placement of dials and buttons, as well as finicky electronics. “The greatest sensation of speed afforded to ordinary man is not on a go-kart or a rollercoaster,” writes Clarkson. “It comes when you’ve got the cruise control set at 70mph, the traffic in front is stopping and momentarily you can’t find the button to turn it off. In that hiccup of time it doesn’t feel like you’re doing 70mph. It feels like you’re doing three times the speed of light.”

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