That really is a very different animal to our 5-Speeders. That complete engine/suspension unit and how it bolts up to the monocoque is very modern road-car thinking althoug it has been used in hi-end motorsport for years. Audi famously had a 'rear module' spec'd as a single part-number to all intents and purposes, used in their earlier Le Mans models (R8, R10, R15 etc). When they had a failure of some sort - be it suspension, gearbox, engine malady for example - rules permitted them to change that single component, handily fixing everything in one hit - or something like that anyway.
The rigidity of that engine/suspension unit will be absolute and aside from a potentialy higher CofG, I suspect the handling will be superb, with none of the interesting traits our cars have shown throughout their lives. Whether that makes character is personal opinion, but I expect those first Press Drives in the near future will rave about it. Having said that, my car was such a hoot at Goodwood this week that the old "
If it ain't broke...." tagline is firmly flying around my head right now
