But its tight, predictable steering and lack of body roll on curves make it a lot less boring to drive on a twisty road than, say, a Camry.
Still, I wondered how it would fare on an urban road course punctuated with preposterously steep hills and intermittently horrendous traffic, as well as some less congested stretches of curves and twisties that encourage the right foot to explore its primitive urges.
And if you can outrun a Ducati on a twisty mountain road with a motorcycle that cost less than the Ducati's titanium exhaust, it tends to brighten your day.
If you don't need the twisty screen, the T2i will be available for considerably less at the same time, with almost exactly the same capabilities.
Mr. Stearns's role is less subtle, but he managed to bring suggestions of emotional complexity to the difficult, twisty partnering — no easy feat.
Red Bull are expected to be Mercedes' closest challengers around the twisty track, where the performance deficit of the world champions' Renault engine makes less of a difference.
This was expected at a twisty track where their strong aerodynamics come to the fore and they are less penalised for the lack of power from their Renault engine.
But the grain on that one is more twisty and gnarled, so it's from the west side, where there's much less moisture".
