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You could quantify the net result as simply more speed carried, but really it’s deep joy in the sensation of driving fast, which on all but the worst English roads piles up in the cabin fervently. That’s before we even get to the fizzing, gravel-toned V8. Last year, closer to living memory of its predecessor, we rated it very highly without necessarily raving. Now, with forced induction well on its way down the far slope of its multi-cylinder tipping point, the 488s motor easily ranks as one of the best turbocharged engines you can buy. It’s not just the vast landslide of escalating torque that pops up just about everywhere. Nor even the unhesitating way it delivers it. It’s the meaningful retention of that essential flat-plane crank character, and Ferrari’s unswerving perseverance with where exactly the redline ought to be, that inches it toward serious renown.