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24 October 2007 Adrian Hearn rounds up the footage you loved the most. The awesome Audi Quattro The Audi R8 is arguably the supercar of the year. Using a 4.2-litre V8 engine, the Audi R8 rockets from 0-62mph in 4.6 seconds and on to a top speed of 187mph – it’s gone straight for the Porsche 911’s jugular as the best everyday supercar. There’s so much demand for the £77,000 Audi R8 used models are going for more than £100,000 on Auto Trader. Much of the Audi R8’s great performance is owed to its incredible handling – courtesy of the legendary Quattro four-wheel drive systems it employs. The Quattro was born in the Eighties and was a brilliant Group B rally machine. Watch the Audi Quattro Sport Evolution S1 in action.
The Nissan 350Z from Look at the Wheels on That Prague – famous for its beautiful Eastern Bloc architecture, Brits getting blind drunk on stag do’s and Nissan 350Zs being driven at ridiculous speeds. While researching the Nissan 350Z,
Parallel parking from Weird World of Wheels Parallel parking into a tight space is one of the banes of city driving. Cars coming both ways – is the space big enough? So much to think about. Or you could just let your Volkswagen Touran do the job for you.
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