The Italian Flog: Turin to Goodwood in a Lotus Evora – Day 1
Driving a pack of 2010 Lotus Evoras from Turin, Italy to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England may not seem like hard work, but after nearly 500 kilometers on both twisty, narrow European roads and speed-patroled highways, we’re pretty well worn out. What’s the occasion? Lotus, as a perennial sponsor of the Goodwood Festival of Speed, had the stroke of brilliance to drive three Evoras (four, if you consider the guide car) from Italy to England along many of the same roads featured in the famous 1969 film The Italian Job. (If you haven’t seen the classic Michael Caine flick, go rent it now. The remake with the Artist Formerly Known as Marky Mark has nothing on the original.)