Happy valley

£254,200 OTR/£XXXXX 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 “THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE RESERVED fo

BANANA SKIDS IS EASILY ASSIGNED, BUT WHAT ABOUT the others? Delving into Barker’s cornucopia of cheap confectionery, we pluck some more sugary sticks from the multicoloured bag and lay them out on the

You become detached from reality quite quickly at an event such as the Supercar Driver Secret Meet, which took place at Silverstone on 17 June. Lamborghini Murciélago? Yawn. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren?

= new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the car (D = Driven, F = feature, FF = Fast Fleet). Engine shows details of the car’s comb

JUST HOW FAR HAVE WE COME SINCE THE 1980s? The hatchback I’m driving has 324bhp coursing through its front wheels. Deployed with a modicum of skill and mechanical sympathy, that’s sufficient to launch

It’s called Windy Hill Road and I’ve never heard of it. I know most of the Antrim coast but this is a little further south and inland, so doesn’t get the love reserved for its higher profile neighbour