Here be monsters

The classics you love, drive and restore

Owning something powered by a dozen cylinders is the idle fancy of many of us. The silky-smooth torque delivery matched with a potent punch of performance when ‘the taps are opened’ is peak automotive

THIS IS QUATTRO COUNTRY. THE ROAD NEVER RESTS, climbing and weaving its way up to high altitude with the Pyrenees breaking through the haze on the left, and dense pine forest towering above on the rig

Price new: $84,995 (£63,000 est) Price now: $100,000+ Engine: 6.2-litre V8 supercharged petrol Gearbox: Eight-speed automatic Power/torque: 828bhp/1,047Nm 0-62mph: 2.3 seconds Top speed: 168mph EVEN f

am being overtaken by my own wing. As I tilt up onto Boxberg test ground’s banking and the sun curves behind me, the lengthening shadows project the great roll hoop of a spoiler onto the road ahead. S

I’VE NEVER DRIVEN MONZA BEFORE SO JUMP AT the chance of a leisurely lap in an SUV. At the first chicane I realise that I know exactly where I am: this is where Verstappen parked his car on top of Hami