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Twin test: big GTs

POLESTAR 1

£139,000

FOR Very cool. Solid EV range with IC muscle to back it up

AGAINST Very heavy. Still feels like a tarted up Volvo in places

BMW M8 COMPETITION GRAN COUPE

£120,970

FOR One of the best looking BMWs in the company range

AGAINST It’s been slightly left behind in the tech stakes

Nobody has any clue what a Polestar 1 is. Not yet. They know it’s electric because it wooshes where the M8 rumbles. But they don’t know it has an

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