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We hit the road the hour before dawn, the Aston Martin DB11 V8 limbering up nicely as we cruised toward the coast and EuroTunnel train that would take us under the English Channel.

Ahead, a nice, easy run through France, wafting along at a relaxed 85 mph on the quiet and beautifully maintained autoroutes, before jinking up and over the Jura Mountains and dropping into Switzerland and

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