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LOTUS EMIRA

FOR A MAN WHO CYCLES UP MOUNTAINS OF HIS OWN FREE will and lives on a diet of chocolate chip cookies and double chocolate chip cookies, Henry, at times, shows remarkable wisdom. Towards the end of his Emira road trip (p64) he said: ‘The whole car rewards smoothness and feels best when you stop just short of trying to really wring its neck.’

You can decide for yourself if that sounds like your sort of sports car, but it certainly doesn’t

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