MY NAME IS Mark and I have a confession. I’ve never driven a Miura. Or, at least, until a couple of weeks ago I hadn’t. While that may seem like a ridiculously pretentious statement, as a time-served

In the late 1970s, Maserati hit upon a radical, borderline blasphemous idea. What if it hit pause on building very interesting sports cars and grand tourers that many people admired but no one bought.

I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway

£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 classics you love, drive and restore

FUN FACT: BACK IN 1985 TOYOTA LOOKED at turning the MR2 into a Group B rally car. A bunch of prototypes were built just in time for the legendarily wild series to be cancelled. I didn’t think I could