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1966 CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY

1966 Chevrolet Corvette Big Tank Coupe The original Corvette was a pretty car, but its successor was much more brutal – and when Chevrolet introduced the Sting Ray in 1963, it was the quickest roadster Detroit had ever made. Its ...

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Holden Monaro

Although British buyers were able to buy a Holden Monaro (with Vauxhall badges) only recently, the origins of the brand go right the way back to 1968. Since then there have been three distinct generations of Monaro, along with numerous ...

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FERRARI 275 GIB

Gorgeous, flowing car design comes no more exotic than here; the 275GTB was another Pininfarina-designed Ferrari masterpiece. Everyone is now so familiar with the Ferarri brand – and its cars are now so relatively common – that’s it’s easy to ...

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1961 Ford Thunderbird

Ford had originally launched its Thunderbird as a response to the Chevrolet Corvette, but while the Corvette was supposed to be a sportscar, the Thunderbird was more of a tourer – or a ‘personal luxury car’, as Ford called it. ...

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JAGUAR XKR

When Jaguar replaced the XJS with the XK8 in 1996, the difference between the new and old cars was like night and day. The XK8 featured Jaguar’s new 4.2-litre V8 engine, which also came in supercharged guise, in the XKR. ...

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