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The Weekend Supercar: Ferrari 360 Spider (manual) What to pay: £60,000–£80,000Why you should: Ferrari will never build a naturally aspirated open-gate manual supercar ever again (probably)Why you shouldn’t: The sills rot, it looks a bit startled, you’ll be left for dead by pesky Golf RsMust-have spec: Scuderia side shields, a reskinned roof, the rarer open-gate…

Released in 1997 to a soundtrack of middle-aged tuts from the tabloid-reading parents who refused to see the funny side of pinching cars and engaging in wanton criminal activity, Grand Theft Auto was one of the PlayStation 1’s most controversial titles. That also meant the younger players who were kept at an administrative arm’s length by…

Quick, someone get a round of Thine Be the Glory going. Or maybe Eminem’s Without Me. Yes, this is a loosely thought-ought segue into something coming back on Easter weekend, and that something is the Tesla Model Y seven-seater. The seven-up Model Y was last deployed on these shores 18 months ago, although Tesla has…

We could argue about which hot Impreza had the best bonnet scoop until the pink badged cows come home, but we think the one protruding from the Blobeye was the biggest. And of course, where scoops are concerned, biggest is best. The original Mazda 3 MPS may have had plenty of power, but it still…

Hyundai’s high-end brand, Genesis, has taken the US luxury market by storm since it launched 10 years ago. The GV70 SUV is the Genesis sweet spot. Interior styling is reminiscent of a Bentley. Pricing, thankfully, is not reminiscent of a Bentley. A long-time staple of the US car market, the Camry is now hybrid-only. But…

When you buy a classic car, gracefully aged upholstery and bodywork is all part of the story. Same thing with old watches – a vintage Rolex with an original dial is far better than a shiny replacement. And it’s not just the secondhand market where you see an appreciation for the well worn look. Some…

Even the most hardcore gaming nerds and dedicated Formula One sickos are unlikely to have heard of this obscure title. While there were apparently originally plans to bring Capcom’s 1995 arcade game Slipstream to Japan and the US, in the end this F1 racer only saw a limited release of just 150 units, exclusively distributed…

Joysteer The wheel is made of a specially developed 100 per cent recycled aluminium alloy, and consists of 19 separate CNC-machined parts. It’s clearly inspired by the Momo wheels you’d find on classic 1950s and ’60s Ferraris. I-pod There are two little pods beneath the main spars; on the left is a dial that alters…

It’s Volvo’s luxury saloon, exactly 5m long with a limo-like wheelbase and a reassuring sense of authority. Actually, saloon isn’t quite right. The ES90 sits higher than usual, which challenges the proportions somewhat. It’s more of a… saloon-over. Rivals include the Audi A6 e-tron, BMW i5 and iX, Mercedes EQE, Porsche Taycan, Lucid Air and…

Ready to brighten up your day? Have a little watch of the video down below. That’s the Ford GT Mk IV setting the third fastest time ever at the Nürburgring in the hands of two-time N24 winner Frédéric Vervisch. Looks like it’s on fast forward, doesn’t it? The Mk IV’s 6m 15.977s lap means it’s…