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May wanted reliability above all else. He assumed the heavy German sedan would comfortably outlast the Lancia and the Opel.

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But the real stars of the show weren’t the presenters; they were the cars. Tasked with buying a car for less than £1,500 and driving across the spine of Botswana, the trio bought three very different machines. May wanted reliability above all else

Jeremy got out, walked to the front of the Mercedes, and knelt in the dust. Tasked with buying a car for less than

The mission was to drive from Botswana’s eastern border with Zimbabwe to its western border with Namibia, crossing some of the harshest terrain on Earth.

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