Drive it against the previous gen and you'll see a surprising difference. I was very surprised and I already knew all about the Alpha platform and had driven variations of the ATS and CTS. Alpha-based Camaro is a huge improvement over the zeta-based previous gen. The 1LE demonstrates that...
Let's hope that the S650 is not just another evolution of the platform that goes back to the late nineties. But it likely will be.
The DEW98 was a world-class platform... but was then dumbed down into the S197... loosing all the good suspension bits. And then upgraded into the S550 with better...