‘you hustle the grifo around, acting out playboy racer fantasies as the engine snarls and sings’

This Iso Grifo GL350 once belonged to British motor racing legend Mike Hailwood. Does it share the same notorious reputation as its former owner?

Price new: £265,937 Price now: £800,000 Engine: 6.5-litre V12 Transmission: Six-speed manual, four-wheel drive Power/torque: 661bhp/660Nm 0-62mph: 3.2 seconds Top speed: 212mph (209mph with aero kit)

A few minutes ago you had flung yourself into its spell. You were about to realise adolescent fantasies aboard a Monteverdi 375L, but that was then. A sense of anxiety has since descended, one perhaps

With its divisive looks and hybrid V6 engine, the Ferrari F80 looked set to disappoint after the Enzo and LaFerrari. How wrong can you be?

What impresses people is generational, but Fiat has plenty of form when it comes to producing small, appealing roadsters. Witness the likes of the 850 Spider, the pretty Pininfarina 1200/1500/600 Cabr

THE APEX SUPERCAR IS AT A crossroads. If you’re Gordon Murray, you build the lightest, purest, most analogue car you can. If you’re Bugatti, you build a grandiose behemoth of blinding speed and dazzli