On theprovinggrounds' high-speed circuit, as one might expect, the new Range Rover felt distinctly less ponderous and quite a bit more spirited and direct in handling.
Chauffeur, a European joint-venture funded by DaimlerChrysler, Iveco, Bosch and others, has demonstrated the technique on Iveco's provinggrounds in Balocco, Italy.
And that brings me back round to Range Rover's provinggrounds, where I am driving an executive limousine through what appears to be the shallow end of an abandoned swimming pool.