About this car in Florence

Bianco Opalite Magno looks different in Tuscan light: chalky at noon against the clay hills, warm at dusk beside the stone of a farmhouse. That is why this matte G 63 tends to be booked for photo shoots, villa weddings and arrivals at estates in the Val d'Orcia, where the last stretch is so often a white gravel track. There the G is entirely at home, with 585 hp, all-wheel drive with three differential locks and the stance to ignore ruts and potholes.

From Florence the Val d'Orcia is about 110 km, motorway first and then country roads past Pienza, Montalcino and San Quirico. A day there, with lunch at a winery and a dusty lane to reach it, is the kind of outing a G handles better than any low sports car. Nearer the city, the villas on the hills around Florence are often reached by narrow lanes between stone walls; the square body makes the corners easy to judge, but take them slowly.

In town, plan around the ZTL inside the viali: the G can stay in your hotel's garage if the hotel registers the plate, or go straight to your villa. Winter tyres are fitted in the cold season. The car is handed over at Firenze Peretola, Pisa Galileo Galilei, Santa Maria Novella or your address, as agreed at booking, with insurance included and a 24/7 assistance line.

• Matte white G 63, far rarer than the black, for Tuscan weddings
• Three differential locks for the gravel tracks of the Val d'Orcia
• 585 hp twin-turbo V8 with winter tyres in the cold season