Or would you more likely grow weary of the C30 Polestar, with its daily experiments in turbo'ed torque-steer, its girlie clutch, and its wildly over-assisted steering, as numb as a well-digger's bottom?

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The electrically assisted power-steering ratio is a tick quicker, and the self-centering feel is more affirmative.

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The car's steering (hydraulically assisted) is obviously highly developed, keen and responsive, and yet well short of dartiness.

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Yes, it does have an electrically assisted rack-and-pinion steering, and no, the steering isn't the telepathic rudder that the Porsche 911's is, but still, it's pretty awesome.

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