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We humbly propose an exceptional shortlist
ASTON MARTIN DB5 1963
None more glamorous, or e ortlessly elegant. Hand-inished bodywork built by Touring of Milan, all-aluminium straight-six twin-cam by Tadek Marek and marketing by James Bond.
For full road-tripability, electric windows, reclining seats and even air-con were available. Worth playing the lottery for, though with values where they are you’ll need to win it twice.
PORSCHE 911 TURBO 2000
Proof that a great grand tourer doesn’t have to be front-engined. The 911 Turbo was a special car from day one, but turned unstoppable with the 996-generation car. Faster than pretty much anything on the road, in any weather, and genuinely practical. Still a ine shout should you need to get to the border in a hurry.
FERRARI 365 GTB4 DAYTONA 1968
The epochal super-GT; brutal but beautiful, bonnet to the horizon and a mesmeric V12 good for 174mph – in 1968! Daytona was an unoicial nickname that stuck, coined after Ferrari scored a 123 at the Florida circuit’s 1967 24-hour race. Working alone in a fever of inspiration, stylist Leonardo Fioravanti reputedly designed its iconic body in just one week.
LEXUS LC500 2017
Compare the weight of Lexus’s pretty 2+2 with that of, say, a 911, and you’ll start poking around the Japanese car looking for the lead slab that must surely run its full length. But no, the weight’s in the super-sti structure and the robust
nd build. So you get a deliciously balanced V8 sports car with the reinement to put away 300 fast miles before breakfast.