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A marque of affection

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At the end of last year there was a flurry of letters to the Editor, generated by Michael Yardley’s excellent article on Morgan sports cars. As a lifelong devotee of the marque, this really got me thinking about how we view our cars and why the Morgan is held in such affection by so many people. I have only owned three cars that generated palpable goodwill from other road users; the first was the Morgan. The next was a Jaguar E-Type, which

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