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As mentioned below, I today visited a classic car rally at the motorbike circuit in Valencia. I am an avowed petrolhead (even though I don’t currently own a car) and I love events like this. In fact I prefer classic cars to the more modern ones, as there seems to be more of a sense of romance to them. These days most modern cars feel like washing machines - efficient, computer-controlled, plastic and immensely dull. In contrast, classic motors feel exciting, exotic and rather sexy. Here is a selection of what I saw.

This is a Ferrari Testarossa from the 1980’s. It’s brash, not very well made and often to be found in episodes of Miami Vice. It is, however, an icon of performance car engineering.

This is a late 1960’s Ford Mustang, of the type that Tom Cruise can be seen driving at the very beginning of ‘War of the Worlds’. It has a socking great V8 engine, but couldn’t go round a corner for all the money in the world. But as American icons go, this is up there with the hamburger and coke bottle.

And finally a 1950’s Porsche of the type, as I was eager to point out to anyone passing, that James Dean killed himself in. Without a doubt the most famous and glamorous car that Porsche has ever produced, and one of the all time great sports cars.

And so that’s it, a small selection of the best I saw on a rather overcast day at the ‘Circuito de Valencia’. There were no Astons or Jaguars, but enough other stuff to keep an 8 year old boy (mental age, obviously) like me more than happy.