But its 3.2-liter V-8 made it exceedingly fast for its time (140 mph top speed) and a torsion bar suspension gave it a smooth, predictable ride.
Even with the roof gone there's zero torsional flex thanks to a very stiff body, and the fully independent suspension provides a very predictable ride even at breakneck speeds.
A less predictable rollercoaster ride is John Waters's "it-is-what-it-sounds-like" travel memoir, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America (Corsair, £16.99), which has earned rave reviews in the US.
"They can't imitate BMW, but they can imitate some of the qualities of BMW, the nice, crisp handling, the predictable, controllable ride, nice precise steering and above average power for its class," he said.
Sky are predictable in the way they ride and it could rule out any guys from the top 10 overall making big moves, because they will risk everything.
In August, he skipped the kind of public and predictable vacation he had taken in the last two summers, a leisurely train ride into Russia.
These vehicles include the Lexus RX300, which is soft riding but predictable, the superb-handling BMW X5, the very sweet Acura MDX, and now Volvo's XC90, and both Porsche's and Volkswagen's forthcoming SUVs.
The balloons that Kittinger rode to the stratosphere nearly fifty years ago were filled with helium rather than with hot air, but the same principles applied: they were no more predictable than the weather.
