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How the RAF helped make Britain a sports car mega-power

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By Matt Prior 
| Autocar
Post-war, aluminium was also plentiful, with an excess of it from scrap military aircraft (and a steel shortage) the primary reason that the Land Rover was developed with an aluminium body. Being light, available and easy to manipulate with hand tools, aluminium was the perfect material to introduce to a shed and plonk on top of, say, an Austin 7 chassis. And yes, the Austin 7: let's not understate its importance either. It popularised motoring in the '20s and '30s and was winning races even then.
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5000 miles in a 2005 BMW 3 Series: Can you daily drive a modern classic?

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By Matt Prior 
| Autocar
The last time I ran a 2005-model-year long-term test car was, more or less, in 2005. But here we are again. This is an E46-generation BMW 330Ci coupé and, I have to say, it's rather good. At least it was when it was new. The 330Ci had a 3.0-litre straight-six petrol engine with no turbos and made 228bhp at 5900rpm and 332lb ft at 3500rpm.
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5000 miles in a 2005 BMW 3 Series: Can you daily drive a modern classic?

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By Matt Prior 
| thefuse.co.za
The last time I ran a 2005-model-year long-term test car was, more or less, in 2005. But here we are again. This is an E46-generation BMW 330Ci coupé and, I have to say, it's rather good. At least it was when it was new. The 330Ci had a 3.0-litre straight-six petrol engine with no turbos and made 228bhp at 5900rpm and 332lb ft at 3500rpm.
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