Weekly round up - Kimi, big Jags, cement mixers and more

This week Lotus were in trouble, then weren't, Bentley talked about building their SUV in Slovakia, the F1 season started, we compared Jaguar XJs, introduced a Porsche to the fleet and several guest writers wrote some fantastic columns.

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• Motocross bike crests a hill and WTF!
• Group Lotus seemed to be on the verge of bankruptcy.  And then they told us it was just a technical matter
• Woman writes letter to her Honda Accord.  Honda writes back on its behalf
• George Phillips asks, Why wouldn't you want a fast car?

Drive tests

• Just one this week.  Jaguar XJ 3 and 5 litre engines tested back to back
• There was also the Speedmonkey fleet update, with the acquisition of a Porsche 924S

Racing

• The F1 season started with a win for Kimi Raikkonen
• Toyota displays its TS030 Le Mans car at the RAC club
• Alpine shows off its new Le Mans racer
• BTCC gets 32 car grids and lots of TV coverage

Other stuff

• James Parker asks if supercars are still valid in the modern age
• James Owen asks if modern cars are dumbing us down
• Sharon Endacotte looks at massive Minis and Fiats 
• Bentley talk about moving some production to Slovakia
• Does a Ducati sound like a cement mixer?

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