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EDITORIAL
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Here in the Classic Driver office we take matters of style very seriously.
So, the results from this week's Ferrari World Design Contest 2011 are significant. Congratulations to the winning students from Seoul's Hongik University, who have produced a stunning design that actually looks like a car — a handy starting point — and, more to the point, has that almost indefinable Ferrari DNA without being overtly retro.
We also have news of the dramatically shaped Shelby SuperCars Tuatara, and a feature on riding shotgun in the newest Porsche 911, the 991 generation that will be launched later this year.
The latest 911 appears, as you'd expect, very similar to all previous versions. Which is — 996 apart — a very good thing. Indeed, over a casual lunch in Hamburg earlier this week I counted three 993–series 911s whirring past the window, all looking fresh as a daisy.
Which proves that if you have a well–rounded wheel, there's not much point re–inventing it.
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THIS WEEK IN CLASSIC DRIVER
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NEWS
Ferrari World Design Contest 2011: Seoul's Hongik University wins the challenge
Fifty universities from around the world took on the challenge of designing a Ferrari of the future, with students asked to interpret Ferrari's design brief for a "thoroughbred hypercar brimming with new generation technologies and materials".
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Test ride in the 2012 Porsche 911
Whenever Porsche announces a new 911, the car world holds its breath.
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NEWS
Shelby SuperCars announces 1331bhp, 275mph 'Tuatara'
Shelby SuperCars has revealed the successor to the SSC Aero, going by the name of Tuatara.
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NEWS
New to Classic Driver: 1965 Ford GT40, the 'Grand Prix' film camera car
Just how did John Frankenheimer achieve those stunning car–to–car shots, brought to the cinema in very 1960s split–screen editing? Many of them were filmed from an adapted version of this very car, the ex–1966 Brussels Motor Show Ford GT40, a potent racing car converted to high–speed camera platform and, in recent years, a front–running, pre–66 historic racer.
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AUCTIONS
Bonhams to sell two significant Jaguars at the Revival
Early, headlining entries at Bonhams' Goodwood Revival sale include an ex–Briggs Cunningham 1958 Lister–Jaguar and a wonderful 'Semi–Lightweight' E–type formerly owned by Sir Robert Ropner.
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FEATURES
Q&A with Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari Design Director
Quo vadis, Ferrari? At the awards presentation for the Ferrari World Design Contest 2011 in Maranello, Classic Driver exclusively talked to Flavio Manzoni, Ferrari's new Head of Design.
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FEATURES
From Kensington to Camberley: Bristol car cavalcade stops London traffic
Just three months after its purchase by the Frazer–Nash technology company, Bristol Cars organised a run from its famous High Street Kensington showrooms to the new owner's high–tech offices in Surrey.
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2012 Mercedes SLK55 AMG uses new V8 with cylinder deactivation technology
The Mercedes–Benz SLK55 AMG to be revealed at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show will see the introduction of a new 5.5–litre AMG engine with cylinder deactivation technology.
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NEWS
Facelifted Audi A5 — The Five taken to the fore?
Audi has announced mid-life facelifts for it A5 line–up, which will be available in the UK from September. Cosmetic and technological tweaks will be applied to all models in the range.
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DRIVING REPORT
Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
So fast, so powerful, so precise. With 700HP, the Aventador sets an Italian technical benchmark. To find out whether Lamborghini's latest beast convinces on bumpy highways, we tested it in the hills around Sant'Agata, Italy.
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NEWS
Singer postpones the classic 911's swansong indefinitely with Cosworth's help
Singer Vehicle Design — the maker of modern interpretations of the classic Porsche 911 — has announced a partnership with British engineering firm Cosworth.
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CLASSIC LIFE
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Icons of watchmaking history no.5: Chronoswiss Regulator
This week's watchmaking icon feature by expert Gisbert L. Brunner is the Regulator from Chronoswiss, the German manufacturer founded by Gerd R. Lang in the early 1980s.
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HERO Summer Trial 2011, UK
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25.07. — 26.07.
Barons Classic, Historic and Thoroughbred Motor Cars Auction, UK
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Irish Festival of Speed, Eire
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Automobilia Monterey - The International Expo, USA
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Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2011, USA
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Lamborghini Diablo SE Manual
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Ferrari 288 GTO
Copley Motorcars
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Aston Martin Vanquish S 2+2
Nicholas Mee and Company Ltd
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