Automotive
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ONE MAN'S ENDEAVOUR
This Jaguar Mk1 has been developed to a high pitch over the last 27 years of ownership. And it became a crime-busting TV star on the way, as Robert Coucher discovers
8 min |
October 2022
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Rule breaker
2004 BMW Z4 3.0i SE
3 min |
September 2022
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OVERDRIVE
Other interesting cars we've been driving
4 min |
September 2022
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50 YEARS WITH A FERRARI LUSSO
Bill Collins bought his 250 Lusso five decades ago and has cherished it ever since. Robert Coucher finds out more about its celebrity connections
9 min |
September 2022
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freeze frame
The second volume of work from a gifted amateur photographer evocatively captures motorsport in the early 1970s. Here are some highlights
10 min |
September 2022
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THE APPLIANCE OF SCIENCE
One man's technical knowledge made the 1952 Zanussi 1100 Sport far more significant than the world would remember
8 min |
September 2022
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AS LEFT BY A GENTLEMAN OF VERONA
Just outside the Italian city of Verona is Museo Nicolis, home to 200 cars - and so much more. Massimo Delbò takes us on a privileged tour
6 min |
September 2022
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Roger Corman
Mike Renaut speaks to filmmaker Roger Corman about the car movies he's made during a career that spans eight decades
8 min |
September 2022
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THE FULL WORKS
The short-lived MGC suffered a poor reputation as a driver's car. The racing GTS suggests it could have been so much greater, as Richard Meaden discovers
8 min |
September 2022
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GOING WEST
What would you choose to drive nearly 3000 miles across the USA in two weeks? Massimo Delbò picked a 1930 Lancia Type 227 Dilambda Cabriolet - which wasn't without issues...
8 min |
September 2022
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THE RIGHT STUFF
It's 50 years since Porsche launched the 911 Carrera RS 2.7, the most iconic 911 of all - and first to wear a tail spoiler. Matthew Hayward meets the aerodynamicist responsible, and compares both versions of the legend
10+ min |
September 2022
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Audi RS2 Avant
With Porsche’s help, the maddest, baddest estate was born
2 min |
April 2018
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And Then There Was One
RM Sotheby’s, Amelia Island, USA 10 March
2 min |
April 2018
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Dursley-Pedersen Bicycle
Inspired by abridge, a Danish inventor set out to build the world’s best bicycle –in his adopted Gloucestershire
3 min |