BBC Top Gear Magazine

THE MIDDLE LANE

With a flicker of his pupils to activate the retina scanning security system, Simon Coggle unlocks his garage. The graphene door slides to reveal 12 gleaming cars of every age and silhouette.

And there, front and centre of the pack, is the car we’ve come to see. The faintest patina troubling its Makena Turquoise paint, but

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