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This really was a traditional drawing room on wheels, albeit with a Galaxy rocket strapped on in the form of the turbocharged V8 - the last truly British engine before VW took over.
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Four-wheel drive and a W12 engine make this new Bentley as fast as it is exclusive. Not one for shy, retiring types.
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BMW's first sportscar, produced in the few years before the outbreak of WWII. Its sumptuous curves and kidney-shaped grille influenced BMW styling for decades. Some say it even inspired the Jaguar XK120.
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One of the greatest driver's cars of all times, the M3 was the original boy racer from BMW, and the race version was unbeatable.
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As 4Car's Matt Prior tells us in a recent road test, this 205mph four-door saloon is "truly astounding... And unlike with Ferraris, you'd be able to pull up at a meeting without making your client feel like he's being fleeced."
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A real British bulldog invested with an unusual degree of popularity amongst urban hipsters with lots of folding, the Bristol is the only truly British luxury car left, Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Aston Martin all now being under foreign auspices.
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When it hit showrooms in1963, the Riviera's clean-edged design and hide-away headlights marked it out as a successful attempt to produce an American car with sophistication to match the best of Europe.
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Forget the performance of this sensational Italian and just look at those lines. Has there ever been a more beautiful car?
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