THE CAR’S THE STAR
Imagine what your dream garage might look like. You’d own a stack of Porsches, natch, and there might be a Prancing Horse or two lurking in the background. Perhaps some old British tin would feature? Classic Mini, MG, Jensen? All great car collections feature a Citroën DS or, maybe, an SM. Fancy one of each? Oh, and what about an Aston? Jaguar? Lotus? Vintage Bimmer? All of the above? Now narrow your fantasy fleet down to a single car — the one motor you’d automatically treat as your go-to four-wheeler. In a sea of exotica, you’ve got a tough decision to make.
You might be tempted to crown the rarest, most valuable or the fastest car as your pick of the bunch, but one quality should trump all others: simply put, it’s the fun factor. “As far as air-cooled Porsches are concerned, bang for your buck, you just can’t beat the 912,” says Mike Brewer, car dealer extraordinaire, collector of classics and host of TV’s hugely successful . And he should know, being the owner of various 911s and what must be the very best 912 E in the UK right now. “In my opinion,
