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The article discusses the author's nostalgia for the old days of performance testing in UK car magazines. The author reminisces about the excitement of road testing and the use of traditional test equipment. However, the author acknowledges that modern cars and testing methods have changed, with platform sharing, emissions regulations, and automated transmissions becoming more common. The author also emphasizes the importance of looking beyond simple acceleration figures to understand a car's true performance. The article concludes with a plea to return to traditional benchmarking sessions. [Extracted from the article]