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Good Car Bad Car: supercars

Winner: Bugatti Veyron

Bugatti Veyron

I would have paid to see the horrified faces of the engineers when Ferdinand Piëch, the swivel-eyed former boss of Volkswagen, bought Bugatti and told them to design a car with 1001bhp and capable of 253mph

Ford GT

2nd: Ford GT

I’m biased because I own one, but anyone who doesn’t like this car clearly has no soul

Ferrari F430

3rd: Ferrari F430

Combines performance with handling and is as happy pottering around the Waitrose car park as screaming along an autostrada

Pagani Zonda

4th: Pagani Zonda F

It may have been created by an Argentinian and be powered by a German engine, but the Pagani Zonda F is as Italian as Berlusconi’s bandana

Aston Martin Vanquish S

Bad car: Aston Martin Vanquish S

This is the last of the old-school Astons. It was built in the Newport Pagnell factory by men with body odour and hammers

May the force be with you

The new breed of thrill machines have a brilliant new trick: they start first time every morning

British Motor Show

Premieres, supercars and the largest collection of zero-emissions vehicles ever seen in the UK

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British Motor Show

A man photographs the new Opel Insignia at the British International Motor Show in London, Britain, 22 July 2008.

60 manufacturers, over 600 cars and millions of pounds of machinery go on display in London

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