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I’M NOT normally a fan of blacked-out chrome, but that 15NUTZ LJ Torana (SM, Jul ’19) looks fantastic! The black really works against the crazy flaked red colour, the interior is a great contrast and the tunnel ram really sets it off. But unfortunately, you’ve only got one photo of it looking ‘real’ – when did it become the norm to take car photos in sheds? Cars can look good in sheds, but for some reason they always look fake – they look Photoshopped or like a car on Gran Turismo.

When I first saw TOXIC

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