The 430 Scuderia's track credentials and 135 kg advantage weren't enough to maintain supremacy at Ferrari's Fiorano test track, the 458 lapped quicker wearing
regular road tyres.
Regular road tyres will also soon overheat, damaging the tread; a stickier tyre will not only perform better but last far longer.
Not exact matches
There's also a certain amount of trepidation at what this kind of power will feel like on the
road in a mid-engined car on
regular street
tyres, but human nature being what it is, it's not too long before your right foot pushes a bit harder for a bit longer until those turbos wake up with a banshee wail.
Where the
regular Kwid sports 180 mm of ground clearance to sail over the unmade
roads common in India, the Racer concept sits low on 18 - inch alloy wheels and low - profile
tyres.
It also uses a
regular six - speed manual gearbox and
road - legal
tyres.
As such, the Swift 1.2 features a raised ride height (170 mm — 40 mm higher than the
regular Swift) and steel wheels shod with 165/80 R14
tyres, both of which contribute towards an ability to take on any South African
road, or lack thereof.
The SQ5 also looks the part, riding on big 20 - inch alloy wheels shod with low profile 255/45 Dunlop sport SP Sport Maxx GT
tyres and sitting much closer to the
road than
regular Q5s — 30 mm lower in fact.
The front camber has been increased compared with the
regular MINI John Cooper Works, so that the performance potential of the sports
tyres — which differ significantly from
road tyres — can be used to full effect, without the penalties of early understeer, inevitably leading to increased
tyre wear.
There's some
road noise from the
tyres but, as with the
regular Cee'd, wind noise is fairly low.