Classified of the week: Rowan Atkinson"s sports saloons

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Written by Stephen Dobie
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Rowan Atkinson aka Mr Bean is a bona fide car nut. Chief among the many wonderful vehicles he"s owned is a McLaren F1, one he paid 910,000 to fix after a little accident in it. This pair is almost certain to cost less then repairing a ding on a three-seat British sports car. They"re two of Atkinson"s cars - being auctioned next month - and while they can"t quite compete with a howling V12 hypercar with gold in its engine bay, they"re pretty special in their own right. First up is a Lancia Thema 8.32, a car that"s good for gauging a) how old you are and b) how nerdy you are. If you know its significance, you can probably answer very" to each. What appears to be a quite maroon old four-door is actually a Ferrari-tuned special. The Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio of its day, perhaps.

Date written: 18 Jan 2018

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