We don't usually feature racing cars on these pages, but this was an opportunity too good to miss. Bentley gave us the chance to have a few laps behind the wheel of a Le Mans 24 Hours winner.
One man blocked off a lay-by to prevent us getting away and demanded to know what the car was and where he could buy one. Later, another asked for the telephone number of Invicta so he could order an S1.
If you're an 'average' motorist, you spend £1,200 a year on fuel - that's the cost of travelling 12,000 miles in a typical family car in Britain today.
Thanks to films such as Gone In 60 Seconds and 2Fast 2Furious, tuned Japanese motors have become more desirable in the US than some of the traditional big-engined muscle cars.
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