Better than new

I’M GOING TO JUST SAY IT RIGHT FROM THE OUTSET. I DON’T REALLY LIKE THE JAGUAR E-TYPE. I know this is sacrilege to so many, but as a car magazine obsessed kid the E-Type emblazoned on the cover of cla

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

One howls and buzzes, and the other snorts and hammers. In both cases, you make them sing their song by way of a deliciously mechanical manual gearbox. These truly are two of the most exciting powertr

‘The experience [of driving it] is like carrying a TV remote for the world… everywhere you go, you can hit pause and everyone around you comes to a standstill,’ says California-based collector Phillip

As new models become ever more bloated and indistinguishable from one another in their visual appearance, is it any wonder that car designers are inclined to look over their shoulders at their marques