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"           Ferrari 360 Modena \u2014 Rank: 1st                        How They Ranked       1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.           Our Search for the Best-Handling Car for Road and Track           .   Meet guest test driver , eight-season CART veteran.   Check out the of our handling tests and for the cars.   Download our PDF to find out how the individual editors rate each car in the test.   Go for an exclusive collection of photos and commentary from this gripping event.       Climb into the sleek Ferrari 360 Modena and turn the ignition. Rev the engine to its 8500-rpm redline and immediately its racing heritage is made known through its silky-smooth high-pitch snarl. This 3.6-liter V-8 mid-engine/rear-drive racer uses a 6-speed paddle shifter similar to those used in Formula 1. The mystique, the legend and the unbridled performance of the Ferrari help it to receive the full 10 points for on-road driving excitement in our subjective ratings. Even Herta, who drives real race cars, comments: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s just cool because it&amp;#039;s a Ferrari, isn&amp;#039;t it? There&amp;#039;s something about the name. I really like driving it.&amp;quot;   Through the lane-change exercise, the 360&amp;#039;s chassis responds instantly to driver commands, showing minimal roll and excellent balance with all four tires sharing the work. At low speeds, the sporty, well-padded steering wheel takes some effort to turn off-center, yet from there on, it feels a little overboosted. As the pace quickens, the steering tightens up nicely and has a very linear weighting and turn-in feel. With an upper and lower A-arm suspension setup all around and 215/45R-18 front and 275/40R-18 rear tires, the Ferrari is surprisingly tossable through the slalom cones. The power is very tractable and there is never any hint of the car wanting to snap around. Its average of 69.7 mph is the fastest slalom speed we have ever recorded for a Modena.   All of us agree the paddle-shift transmission is well suited for the racetrack and it lets you daydream about pretending to be Michael Schumacher. It upshifts and downshifts quickly and never upsets the car under braking. However, a few staffers noted that around town, even in the automatic mode, the gearbox can be clunky and awkward.   Around Buttonwillow&amp;#039;s East Loop, Herta wishes for better stopping power from the 360&amp;#039;s brakes but likes its tight suspension setup: &amp;quot;I can make it push or I can make it loose. And I can really feel all the bumps on the track through the chassis and steering. On the track, it feels like a race car. A little bit of understeer and a little bit of oversteer are easy to pick up very early on, and it is easy to make corrections. The suspension gives plenty of feedback and the chassis is quick to respond to driver input. Overall, the Modena exhibits mild understeer handling dynamics on corner entry and exit.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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