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Chosen for its legendary reputation for ruggedness in Africa. It was the most comfortable but heavy, requiring May to strip it down to a bare shell to avoid sinking in the salt pans.

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James May, being Captain Slow, bought the car he thought would actually survive a nuclear holocaust: a W123 Mercedes-Benz 230E. Chosen for its legendary reputation for ruggedness in Africa

"Right," Jeremy said, sweating through his shirt. "The rules of the salt pan: Do not stop. Do not turn sharply. And for the love of God, do not crack the sump." "Right," Jeremy said, sweating through his shirt

A rusty, fragile Italian sportscar with an engine known for failing. In a desert. Why? Because, as Jeremy put it, “A man who chooses to drive a Lancia has made a conscious decision to love driving.” Heroic stupidity.