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VW’s special 50th anniversary Golf GTI isn’t merely a celebration of the icon’s first half-century – it also aims to be the best Golf GTI yet. Let’s drive

f1authentics.com RRP £899 Wind tunnel tyres are used during aerodynamic testing to simulate on-track conditions, and these soft-compound versions, available from official memorabilia outlet F1 Authent

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Marketed as the quickest roadgoing Bentley ever, the world’s fastest four-seater and the first all-new (not Rolls-Royce-derived) Bentley model since 1931, the Continental GT would go a long way to rec