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Automemorabilia defined.

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Rangie working its magic. Tarmac, snow, gravel or sand - take your pick and bring it on.

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Dedicated button for the glove compartment of the Range Rover Sport. A neat touch, we admit.

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Top mounted air con vents - the only saving grace for Toyota's Avanza.

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Now even Ferrari is playing with perfection - the super car that can do everything well. Can we complain? We shouldn't, this is progress. But where does that leave the driver?

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The E60 M5 was an unloved car, especially in new emerging markets with consumers who just want a fuss-free, easy to drive car that can go fast. They got it with the F10 M5 which is now lapped up like wine. The E60 M5 is not that at all - naturally aspirated V10 required commitment to wring out all of its power and its gearbox tested one's patience - but when placed on a right road it elicits a bigger smile than the new F10.

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Mercedes AMG stuck to the naturally aspirated 6.2-litre V8 for the SLS AMG, and we say all the better for it. The sound alone is worth the price of admission. Although we do wonder - how much better would the SLS AMG be received if it had a twin-turbo V8? Surely that is in the cards for the future car.

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The Mk6 body shell never really lightened up our hearts in the design department, although this murdered-out example does seem to add some sparkle to an otherwise dull design.

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Although on paper the Golf R may appear to be the superior car in traction and grip, it is the Scirocco R that Lenspeed prefers due to its true-to-form LSD and FWD madness that contrasts with the benign Golf R.

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quattro trying to work its magic along one of Monaco's many turns.

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Der neue S-Klass already out and about. 

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720bhp worth of raw performance, powered by two rear rubbers. Insanity.

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It might have the looks to turn heads, but from a driver's perspective, the 350Z Roadster carries too much heft for its own good. Lenspeed prefers to keep things light, undiluted and simple.

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Awaiting its turn to showcase how it should be done on track. Homeground advantage.

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Yes, WTB stands for Want to Buy, even after having a good taste of our 200 Cup Staff Car on British B Roads. Its an addiction, this.

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With nostrils this size, one does not simply write the 997.2 Turbo off the charts during freeway spurts.

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An increasingly familiar sight in all models of the VAG range. Would you know which one this belongs to?

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Sharper and faster, but is the MkVII GTI too predictable? We think so.