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Ask Goodwin

3 years ago

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Writer:

Colin Goodwin | Journalist

Date:

10 January 2022

Dear Colin, If you could do a safari version of any car, no matter how outrageous, what would it be? Maybe one car that would make a lot of sense and another that would just be hilarious. Redline

Dear Redline,

The outrageous one would be a Rolls-Royce Wraith inspired by, and as a tribute to, a rally-prepared Silver Shadow that was built by a bloke called Bill Bengry and which competed in the World Cup Rally in 1970. The sensible one would be a Porsche Cayman, built by Richard Tuthill preferably.

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