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The Valhalla is a survivor. We first saw it as the filling in a mid engine sandwich at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show – Valkyrie above it, ‘entry level’ Vanquish below. This was also the show where former

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Now that production of the unit has ended, we chart the long and successful history of Jaguar’s V8 by comparing the first and last sports cars to use the engine, a XK8 4.0 and a late F-TYPE 5.0

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Aston Martin is seldom far from the headlines. In 2025, there is more talk of debt piles, the trimming down of the workforce and share price woes. It is enough to make you wonder if the company will e