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From a 192-mile drive through the Swiss and Italian Alps to Monaco, Jasper Dekker and Ard Jacobs distilled this four-minute clip of riding along on a Lotus Elise through the Stelvio Pass and beyond. It's enough to make you swear off interstates.
What's also striking: the lack of traffic in summer. I know it's not a populated area, that driving is more expensive in Europe, and that public transit and trains may be faster. But there may be more than a cultural difference; the small diesels that make up a majority of new European cars wouldn't feel as wonderful on these roads as a typical U.S. midsize sedan and a gas V6. These roads may not be so fun when your floored in second gear and barely climbing the next hill.
