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I should have had more faith in my Fiat Coupe 16v

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By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith Verified
| PetrolBlog
I haven't trusted my 1995 Fiat Coupé 16v for nearly a year. After an hour behind the wheel over the weekend, I'm beginning to think I was wrong. The rot – never a great word to use in the context of a Fiat – set in on the way back from a photoshoot in October 2025. Photographer and great bloke Simon Thompson requested – nay, demanded – that I drive it to our rendezvous in Oxfordshire, where he was shooting a Mitsubishi Celeste for Classic.Retro.Modern. magazine.
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What’s in issue 42 of Classic.Retro.Modern. magazine?

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By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith Verified
| Classic.Retro.Modern. Verified
There’s something about issue 42. Perhaps it’s the entirely legitimate excuse to raid the Level 42 back catalogue, or perhaps it’s simply another cracking collection of classic, retro and modern cars. Either way, the new issue is here. No slap bass required. Pop into town to buy a copy, and you could soon be, ahem, living it up with our story on the Kia Elan, which, as the name suggests, was a South Korean take on Hethel’s experiment with front-wheel drive.
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Our cars: Renault Megane First Report

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By Gavin Braithwaite-Smith Verified, Ian Robertson Verified
| Diesel Car & Eco Car Verified
MODEL ON TEST: E-TECH ICONIC ESPRIT ALPINE COMFORT RANGE – MILEAGE – 1,940 I haven’t been this excited about a long-termer since taking delivery of ‘my’ first Diesel&EcoCar test car, a Citroën Grand C4 Picasso, in 2014. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve ‘owned’ some fabulous cars in the subsequent dozen years, but this feels different.Taking delivery of an electric car feels like an event; a marker post in my motoring timeline. I’ve done diesel, petrol and hybrid, but now it’s time to go fully electric.
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