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Cover story: Fast Club 2006 - This is it, our biggest performance test ever. Twenty-one cars are put through a rigorous induction programme to find out if they will be allowed to enter our Fast Club. The class of 2006 includes everything from Ascari's mighty land mightily expensive) KZ1 supercar (right) to Renault's diminutive Clio Trophy hot hatch hero. First, Jethro Bovingdon puts each contender through a furious dash from 0-100-0. Then Richard Meaden takes over for a white-knuckle test of ultimate velocity around the high-speed bowl at Millbrook. Finally, it's over to John Barker at the Bedford Autodrome for all-.aut timed laps around the West Circuit. And as if all that wasn't revealing enough, we weigh them as well! Records fall and reputations are made, so sit back and imagine the smell of burning brakes and smoking clutches Features: Roadster group test - The last M Roadster was a bit of a weightlifting hairdressers car, but the new U version is much, much better. We pitch it against Porsche's sublime Boxster S. TVR's extrovert Tuscan, and the BMW's cousin, the Alpina Roadster S. And as if that wasn't challenge enough, we decide to play it all out on the snowy roads around the Nurburgring MX-5 generations - The MX-5 has long been a favourite evo car. However, when we drove the new version at eCoty last year, it seemed Mazda had got it badly wrong; the third-generation MX-5 came a resounding last. Now we've driven some more examples, compared them with their predecessors and looked underneath for clues. Peter Tomalin is the man wearing the deerstalker and muttering 'elementary' Project Westfield XI - This month our plucky band attempt to start the XI's 33-year-old engine. Champagne (and fire extinguishers) on standby! Noble M15 - Noble is about to take on the supercar establishment with its new car. the striking M15. With a price of Ã
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