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The K stands for Kompressor, or supercharger in English, which gave the 540K staggering performance for the time - it could hit nearly 110mph, no mean feat in the 1930s.
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Unusual car, unusual looks, and unusual performance - the Cayenne is the fastest and most capable off-roader you can buy.
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One of the fastest and most advanced pre-war cars, the twin-supercharger Alfa Romeo 8C won Le Mans, and these days, they sell for £millions.
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Not strictly speaking the world's first MPV, but it set interior space and versatility standards and brought the minivan genre to Europe.
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Saabs 90 and 91 were actually aircraft, but the 92 was effectively the Swedish Volkswagen Beetle - although it was actually rather more advanced.
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This still looks sensational now - can you imagine what kind of reaction it created in 1936? It was also extremely quick and beautifully-built. Today, they're virtually priceless.
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The Ro80 was hugely advanced, but its rotary engine proved so unreliable that it broke the company. Shame: its technological achievements deserved more of a future.
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Every time Mercedes develops a new S-Class, it sets out to produce the best car in the world. And usually it gets - at the very least - very close.
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The 'plastic pig' might be the butt of many jokes, but its relatively efficient engine and composite bodywork seems to have won it a few fans here. That or its TV stardom.
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The own-brand white bread of the motoring world. Seven generations, 30-odd years and several million units sold make it one of the biggest model names in motoring history.
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