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Norfolk, twinned with Norfolk |
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1 | (2) |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (3) |
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Gordon Gekko back in the driving seat |
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9 | (3) |
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All aboard
the veal calf express |
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12 | (3) |
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15 | (3) |
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Drink driving do--gooders are over the limit |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (3) |
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23 | (4) |
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Who's getting their noses in the trough? |
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27 | (2) |
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29 | (3) |
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32 | (4) |
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Flogging a sawn--off Cosworth |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (3) |
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Burning your fingers on hot metal |
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41 | (3) |
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Speeding towards a pact with the devil |
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44 | (3) |
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Road
rage -- you know it makes sense |
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47 | (3) |
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50 | (4) |
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A laugh a minute with Schumacher
in the Mustang |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (3) |
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Nissan leads from the rear |
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59 | (3) |
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62 | (3) |
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Mystic Clarkson's hopeless F1 predictions |
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65 | (3) |
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68 | (3) |
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Struck
down by a silver bullet in Detroit |
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71 | (3) |
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You can't
park there -- or there |
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74 | (3) |
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77 | (4) |
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A riveting book about GM's quality pussy |
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81 | (2) |
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Aston Martin V8 -- rocket-powered rhino |
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83 | (4) |
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Caravans -- A few liberal thoughts |
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87 | (3) |
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Blind leading the blind: Clarkson feels
the heat in Madras |
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90 | (2) |
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Norfolk's finest can't hit the
high notes |
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92 | (4) |
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Car interiors in desperate need
of some Handy Andy work |
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96 | (3) |
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99 | (3) |
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Darth Blair against the rebel forces |
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102 | (3) |
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105 | (4) |
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Objectivity is a fine thing unless the objective is to be first |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (4) |
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Brummie cuisine is not very good |
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115 | (3) |
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Last bus to Clarksonville |
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118 | (3) |
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Land of the Brave, Home of the Dim |
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121 | (3) |
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Only tyrants build good cars |
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124 | (4) |
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The principality of toilets |
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128 | (2) |
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Clarkson
the rentboy finally picks up a Ferrari |
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130 | (4) |
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Hate
mail and wheeler-dealers |
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134 | (3) |
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No room
for dreamers in the GT40 |
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137 | (3) |
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A rolling
Moss gathers up Clarkson |
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140 | (3) |
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Can't
sleep? Look at a Camry |
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143 | (4) |
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Big foot down for a ten gallon
blat |
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147 | (2) |
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149 | (4) |
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Frost-bite and cocktail sausages up the
nose |
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153 | (3) |
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Bursting bladders on Boxing
Day |
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156 | (2) |
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Lies, damn lies and statistics |
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158 | (4) |
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162 | (3) |
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Spooked by a Polish spectre |
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165 | (3) |
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168 | (3) |
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171 | (3) |
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Top Landing
Gear -- Clarkson in full flight |
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174 | (3) |
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A fast
car is the only life assurance |
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177 | (3) |
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180 | (3) |
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Cuddle the cat and battle the
Boche |
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183 | (3) |
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Secret crash testing revealed |
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186 | (3) |
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189 | (4) |
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Stuck on the charisma bypass |
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193 | (2) |
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Travel tips with Jezza Chalmers |
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195 | (4) |
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199 | (3) |
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Noel's Le Mans party blows a fuse |
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202 | (3) |
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The Skyline's
the limit for gameboys on steroids |
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205 | (3) |
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Henry
Ford in stockings and suspenders |
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208 | (3) |
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NSX --
the invisible supercar |
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211 | (3) |
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Corvette lacks the Right Stuff |
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214 | (3) |
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Footballers check in to Room 101 |
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217 | (3) |
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220 | (3) |
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Traction control loses grip on reality |
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223 | (3) |
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226 | (3) |
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229 | (4) |
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Fight for your right to party |
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233 | (2) |
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Gravy train hits the old buffers |
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235 | (3) |
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238 | (4) |
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Freemasons need coning off |
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242 | (2) |
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The curse
of the Swedish smogasbord |
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244 | (4) |
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Pin-prick
for the Welsh windbag |
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248 | (3) |
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Showdown at the G6 summit |
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251 | (2) |
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Spelling out the danger from Brussels |
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253 | (4) |
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257 | (3) |
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260 | (3) |
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263 | (3) |
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266 | (3) |
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Hannibal
Hector the Vector |
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269 | (3) |
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F1 running rings round the viewers |
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272 | (3) |
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Big cat needs its tummy tickled |
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275 | (3) |
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Elk test makes monkeys of us |
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278 | (3) |
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281 | (3) |
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Last 911 is full of hot air |
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284 | (3) |
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287 | (3) |
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Blowing the whistle on Ford and Vauxhall |
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290 | (3) |
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Hell below decks -- Clarkson puts das boot in |
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293 | (3) |
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296 | (6) |
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302 | (2) |
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Football is an A Class drug |
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304 | (3) |
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Yank tank flattens Prestbury |
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307 | (4) |
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311 | (2) |
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Bedtime stories with Hans Christian Prescott |
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313 | (4) |
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317 | (4) |
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Burning rubber with Tara Palmer-Tailslide |
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321 | (3) |
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324 | (3) |
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Kraut
carnage in an Arnage |
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327 | (3) |
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Absorbing the shock of European
Union |
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330 | (3) |
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333 | (3) |
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Supercar crash in Stock Exchange |
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336 | (3) |
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339 | (4) |
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Voyage to the bottom of the heap |
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343 | (3) |
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346 | (3) |
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`What
I actually meant was . . .' |
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349 | (3) |
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Mrs Clarkson
runs off with a German |
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352 | (3) |
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355 | (3) |
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358 | (3) |
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Toyota gets its just deserts |
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361 | (3) |
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Kristin Scott Thomas in bed with the Highway Code |
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364 | (4) |
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368 | (2) |
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Even soya implants can't make a great car |
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370 | (3) |
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Lock up your Jags, the Germans are coming |
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373 | (3) |
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Well carved up by the kindergarten coupe |
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376 | (3) |
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379 | (3) |
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Left
speechless by the car that cuddled me |
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382 | (3) |
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One car
the god of design wants to forget |
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385 | (3) |
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Can a
people carrier be a real car? Can it hell |
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388 | (3) |
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Hell
is the overtaking lane in a 1-litre |
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391 | (3) |
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Forty
motors and buttock fans |
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394 | (3) |
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Audi's finest motor just can't
make up its mind |
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397 | (3) |
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Keep the sports car, drive the
price tag |
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400 | (3) |
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Out of the snake pit, a car
with real venom |
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403 | (3) |
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The Swiss army motor with blunted
blades |
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406 | (3) |
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Perfection is no match for Brian
and his shed |
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409 | (3) |
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Waging war with the motoring
rule book |
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412 | (3) |
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Evo's a vulgar girl, but I love
her little sister |
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415 | (3) |
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At last, a car even I can't
put in a ditch |
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418 | (3) |
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Trendy cars? They're not really
my bag |
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421 | (3) |
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Why life on the open road is
a real stinker |
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424 | (3) |
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Cotswold villages and baby seals |
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427 | (3) |
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Shopping for a car? Just ask Rod Stewart |
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430 | (3) |
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Gruesome revenge of the beast I tried to
kill |
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433 | (3) |
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Out of control on the political
motorway |
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436 | (3) |
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Old sex machine still beats
young fatboy |
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439 | (3) |
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Whatever happened to the lame
ducks? |
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442 | (3) |
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Bikers are going right round
the bend -- slowly |
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445 | (3) |
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Freedom is the right to live
fast and die young |
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448 | (3) |
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A shooting star that takes you
to heaven |
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451 | (3) |
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Congratulations to the Cliff
Richard of cars |
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454 | (3) |
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David Beckham? More like Dave
from Peckham |
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457 | (3) |
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A prancing horse with a double
chin |
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460 | (3) |
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£54,000 for a Honda? That's
out of this world |
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463 | (3) |
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It's Mika Hakkinen in a Marks
& Spencer suit |
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466 | (3) |
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Like classic literature, it's
slow and dreary |
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469 | (3) |
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Prescott's preposterous bus
fixation |
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472 | (3) |
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Take your filthy, dirty hands
off that Alfa |
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475 | (3) |
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Yes, you can cringe in comfort
in a Rover 75 |
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478 | (2) |
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Don't you hate it when everything
works? |
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480 | (3) |
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The kind of pressure we can
do without |
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483 | (3) |
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Three points and prime time
TV |
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486 | (3) |
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Every small boy needs to dream
of hot stuff |
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489 | (3) |
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Footless and fancy-free? Then
buy a Fiat Punto |
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492 | (3) |
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Now my career has really started
to slide |
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495 | (3) |
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The best £100,000 you'll
ever waste |
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498 | (3) |
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Styled by Morphy Richards |
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501 | (3) |
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The terrifying thrill of driving with dinosaurs |
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504 | (3) |
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Perfect camouflage for Birmingham by night |
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507 | (3) |
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Another good reason to keep out of London |
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510 | (3) |
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513 | (3) |
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Need a winter sun break? Buy a Bora |
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516 | (3) |
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Driving fast on borrowed time |
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519 | (3) |
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I've seen the future and it looks a mess |
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522 | (3) |
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Nice motor; shame it can't turn corners |
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525 | (3) |
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Stop! All this racket is doing my head in |
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528 | (3) |
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Looks don't matter; it's winning that counts |
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531 | (3) |
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It's a simple choice: get a life, or get a diesel |
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534 | (3) |
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537 | (3) |
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Ahoy, shipmates, that's a cheap car ahead |
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540 | (3) |
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So modern it's been left behind already |
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543 | (3) |
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546 | (5) |
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