A six - speed manual transmission
handles gearchanges for the concept, but we wouldn't be surprised to see a sequential, paddleshifted gearbox as an option if the S5S sees production.
On the way we talk aesthetics (unique and vastly better in the flesh than photos), Vipers (great engine, terrible
gearchange, tricky
handling on the limit), Fighters (even better engine, miraculously improved
gearchange, utterly trustworthy
handling on the limit), car collector, publisher and evo friend Simon Draper (whose early - build car supplied many of the first driving impressions, including our first encounter with the Fighter in issue 078), and all that stems from an aerodynamics - first, aircraft techniques approach.