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Auto Express performance car of the year

Bringing together 20 of this year’s best drivers’ cars in the ultimate sports car shoot-out, Auto Express' Performance Car of the Year 2009 is go!

With challengers ranging in price from £15,000 to more than £100,000 – this year’s road test special is bigger and better than ever.

As usual reigning champion – Nissan's GT-R – returns to defend its crown. But every other contender has been introduced to our showrooms in the past 12 months - find out here about each of the other runners, and see how they perform in the current issue of Auto Express.

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