Imagine sitting in a capsule traveling at warp speed through a deserted desert landscape. Imagine also, a rise in the road, now shooting straight over a hill rimmed by the great blue yonder. In Oman, just a short drive from Dubai, it's going to carry on like this forever, not so?
Well, imagine then a ribbon of black tarmac veering off into a whole new direction - like an elbow bending back onto itself - just as you crest that hill.
Okay, it's not quite a hairpin. And you're not quite doing 300 km/h. Porsche's new Cayman S, to tell the truth, is only powered and geared for a top speed of 275 km/h.
But you're nevertheless barreling into the danger zone at a surplus that should impart the shudders, even to a sports car.
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