Superb handling was non-negotiable and achieved via the combination of a low centre of gravity, wide 205/60 tyres and ideal weight distribution. Thus, as the ’70s dawned, a more grown-up Lotus seemed ...

The timely coming together of three youthful engineering wizards – Giampaulo Dallara, Paolo Stanzani and Giotto Bizzarrini – plus ace New Zealand-born test driver Bob Wallace, resulted in awesome V12 ...

“There was Prince Bira in a Maserati 250F, Tony Gaze in a Ferrari 625, Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Bristol; all sorts. “As soon as the flag dropped, everything changed. I was 13 years old and knew ...

What all of these neoclassic protagonists shared was a tacit acknowledgment that while the modern motor car had come of age as an efficient, safe and reliable means of travel, it was quickly losing ...

Although recently established in a new facility, Alfa Aid has been a marque specialist for decades. Adrian started the ...

These cars traded on fading memories of the make’s Grand Prix and sports-racing successes, and prioritised elegance and exclusivity over headline-making technical solutions. Cart-sprung Salisbury rear ...

As the first standalone Ford truck design not derived from an existing passenger car, it carried over the well-proven six- and eight-cylinder flathead engines, but was based on a new chassis with a ...

The R107-generation Mercedes-Benz SL had a 19-year production life, from 1972 to 1989, with nearly 300,000 built. The 350SL’s ...

When the CRX Si was introduced in 1984, it was Honda’s cake-and-eat-it moment. Weighing less than anything else in its class and boasting a fizzing 12-valve, fuel-injected engine, the Civic CRX Si not ...