British car makers also saw the layout’s appeal, and while theirs tended to be marginal players at the upper end of the ...

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BMW ’s dynasty of compact performance heroes, the Rolls-Royce Camargue at 50, a much-loved Simca and lots more – the latest ...

In fact, he was known to reserve the least affection of all for the SP250 Dart, a model that had already bombed embarrassingly (and expensively) in the North American market for which it was intended.

Sheila van Damm earned the Coupe des Dames first time out in the Alpine of 1953 in MKV 25; in the ’54 event, driving MKV 21, ...

Rallying highlights included the 130 RS – aka ‘Porsche of the East’ – taking a one-two class win on the 1977 Rallye Monte-Carlo; in 1981, after the 120 was launched (becoming part of the Super Estelle ...

Fans of the A6G/54 coupés included Denis ‘Jenks’ Jenkinson. Motor Sport’s ‘continental correspondent’ called at Maserati’s ...

At the time he owned a Bristol 404, an elegant coupé whose rear wings had small fins, vestiges of the 450’s, and it was through enthusiastic research that Boré discovered the 450 Le Mans. Of the four ...

R&J Simpson is best known for its work on aluminium monocoques for Formula racers, covering roughly the Cosworth DFV era of Formula One, plus countless Formula Two and Formula Three cars. “Often we ...

Carbodies, famous for its Austin taxi bodies, produced the stylish Hawk and Super Snipe estate shells from late ’57. These impressively finished load-carriers – good for hauling 850lb – were really ...

My memory goes back to the days of two-, three-, four- and even full-fat five-star petrol: nobody had even heard of unleaded. A time when the self-service pumps we have today had become all but ...

With their feisty twin-cam four-pots, five-speed transmissions, fine handling and top-drawer styling from the biggest name in the business – Pininfarina – these endearing soft-tops represent to the ...