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    LONG TERM PLANS

    Mar 03, 2020 4 minutes
    Words Emma Woodcock
    Photography Daniel Pullen

    It all starts with a 1.2 Corsa D. The mass market supermini isn’t quite as glamorous as a range-topping VXR – and it can’t take the fight to the faster car’s turbocharged 1.6 Z16LER – but the simple Vauxhall makes a perfect first car. For Ryan Crew, the basic machine sparked an enthusiasm that’s still burning today. “It was my first car and I immediately fell in love with the shape,” he remembers. We can see why. Upswept and angular, the fourth-generation Corsa is a radical departure from its rounded predecessors. “There was just one problem… I always wanted a bit more power.”

    Enter the VXR. A quick drive in a friend’s example is all it took: Ryan had to have the

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