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London Classic Car Show preview: 'A feast of automotive nostalgia' Martin Love

The Guardian

In real life, getaway cars are not always as smoking hot as they appear in the movies. In Baby Driver Ansel Elgort may have powered away from yet another smashed bank in a high-octane rally-prepared Subaru WRX STI, but the truth is that those guys robbing the down-at-heel chicken shack in outer suburbia are probably in a knackered 15-year-old Ford Fiesta or maybe a battered Fiat Panda which they've borrowed from an older brother. That hasn't stopped the organisers of this year's London Classic Car Show from curating a selection of charismatic cinematic getaway cars. Presiding over the line-up is Philip Glenister, famous for'firing up' his Audi Quattro as DCI Gene Hunt in Ashes to Ashes. 'A good getaway car,' says Glenister, 'really needs to be quick, handle well and have lots of room in the back.'