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Dutch delight

DUTCH BOUTIQUE SPORTS CAR manufacturer Donkervoort has revealed its most extreme model yet: the awkwardly named D8 GTO-JD70 R.

Designed to be a track-only version of the JD70 that was built to celebrate the 70th birthday of company boss Joop Donkervoort, the R, like all Donkervoorts, finds its origins in the Lotus Seven, and like Caterham, Donkervoort has created its own variation on the theme – but with a rather more eccentric twist.

The numbers are suitably mad,

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