Signature Luxury Travel & Style

PORSCHE ON ICE

It is minus-25 degrees Celsius a few hours’ drive north of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, and I am sitting in a brand-new Porsche 911 Carrera 4S on a track of pure ice.

A voice crackles over the radio: “OK Dan, I want you to drive through the slalom course, making the car slide sideways through each turn, got it?”

Not wanting to abuse the privilege, I respond, “So, shall I give it a bit of a boot?”

“Yeah, you’re good

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