Bulls of steel

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From Miura to Revuelto, supercars don’t get any hairier than mid-engined V12 Lamborg

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Top Gear Magazine

07 June, 2023

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Judge’s notes: stuart gallagher

DAY TWO, 12 CILINDRI, AND the first drive of the day. The Ferrari’s V12 feels omnipotent, its eight-speed auto seamless. Steering perhaps a little quick for nondescript French roundabouts, ride height

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Giugiaro’s greatest hits volume 1

The Jet was based on a DB4 GT platform that departed the UK in December 1960. Giugiaro rustled up a new outline with breakneck speed, while Bertone’s artisans fashioned the new body inside three month

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Judge’s notes: james taylor

TWO ECOTY FIRSTS THIS YEAR. Though the McLaren Artura Spider came very close last year, the Revuelto is the first hybrid to win. And though variants of the Gallardo and Huracán have finished second (a

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A kick in the tail

Automotive manufacturers often like to talk about evolution, DNA and lineage as if their products are biological creatures, but as I set foot inside the McLaren Technology Centre – itself a very organ

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The reckoning

Our first contender to fall by the wayside is the Audi. Yousuf was impressed with how the RS3 performed against such a standout field and was surprised at just how good it felt regardless of which big

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Il maestro’s masterworks

Opera is dead. And has been for quite a long time. I don’t care what anybody says about Poulenc and Prokofiev, I cannot be persuaded that any listenable music theatre has been written since Puccini. (

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Judge’s notes: stuart gallagher

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Judge’s notes: james taylor

Il maestro’s masterworks