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Almost 40 years after the Group B rallying era came to a close, we bring together the best cars Group A spawned to find out which one hits hardest

BMW M135 £43,740 OTR/£54,050 as tested/£602 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: It’s about time BMW had a hot hatch worthy of the M badge again DRIVER: jethro bovingdon THE M135 LEFT ME QUITE unexpectedly. It was plan

THE WELSH FARMER IS NONE TOO IMPRESSED with our group of 1990s icons. Reckons we’re always up here causing a nuisance, driving like idiots and making too much bloody noise. John Barker is patiently ex

1922 RLTF ● HIT Alfa was race first, road second. In the hands of Ugo Sivocci, the lightened, 6cyl RLTF gave AR its first big international race victory, taking the chequered flag in the 1923 Targa Fl

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AS I CIRCLE THE 33 STRADALE, BATHED IN SPRING SUNSHINE in the courtyard of Alfa’s Balocco test track, I’m confused. My primal instinct is to sink to my knees and kiss its tyres while making grunting n