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A bit of a history lesson on a very rare, under-appreciated, and special Ferrari – the twin-turbo 288 GTO.

Tom, Trev and John do a run through of the NAIAS – North American International Auto Show – and then review the Nissan Juke and BMW 116i. Finally, there’s a challenge: the best car for a student starting varsity.

We wrap up the last episode of 2011 with a quick bit of news about BMW’s 6-series Gran Coupé and the ridiculous Smart ForUs pickup truck. Then we all nominate our favourite cars of the year in four categories: hatch, sedan, fun car and practical car.

We’re in Tokyo, well not really but we give you all you need to know on the VW Passat Alltrack, VW CrossCoupe, Audi A1 Sportback, Volvo Polestar upgrades and we review the Chevy Orlando 1.8 LT and Alfa Romeo 159 TBi.

Beale needs wheels so we tell him what to buy. For the rest it’s news and a review of the new Honda Accord 2.4 Automatic in a show featuring Thomas Falkiner from The Times.