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After half a century, the name ʻGolfʼ is to the mid-sized car market what ʻHooverʼ is to vacuum cleaners: an almost generic descriptor, thanks to an evolved but familiar design that has maintained its

As two-door coupes built at a time when Ford owned both companies, the Jaguar XK8 and Aston Martin DB7 Vantage have much in common. But with one being a high volume model powered by a V8 and the other produced in tiny numbers with a V12, these were very different models. So which of these sports cars do we prefer?

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