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GROWING OLDER, I have found, is a deplorable process. Faculties diminish, one’s abilities reduce and, eventually, enthusiasm wanes. There is, in short, little to be said for it. However, last year I f

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew TOPGEAR’S BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT

THE all-new Ferrari 849 Testarossa. What’s not to like about that? Just the name sends a shiver of excitement down one’s spine – the 849 part stands for the number of cylinders (eight) followed by the

FIREFLY IS AN OFFSHOOT OF Chinese outfit Nio, due here in 26. You’ll be saying Honda E, as it’s electric and rear-drive and bears visual similarity if you cover the triple lights. Down the road it’s s

WHY WE RAN IT To discover if Renault’s retro-infused EV hit is as good to live with as it is to look at In the end, the burning question my family and I had to answer about the tasty little yellow and

WHY WE’RE RUNNING IT Finally, a proper EV hot hatch – but is it as brilliant every day as the Renault 5 on which it’s based? This will be interesting: what happens when you take a highly acclaimed new