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William Towns: King of the wedge
From Hillman to Lagonda, Towns was one of Britain’s most creative car designers. We salute a man for whom no straight line was quite straight enough…
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Richard Heseltine
Jun 12 2018
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Top 10 classic car shooting brakes
From Elanbulance to Eventer, limited-run estate specials can be as stylish as they are practical – even if that doesn’t always translate to sales success...
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Richard Heseltine
Jun 11 2018
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Alessandro de Tomaso: genius, dreamer, plotter and schemer
Alessandro de Tomaso leapt from small-scale racing car builder to the big time with multiple marques in his portfolio. We recall the fiery entrepreneur
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Richard Heseltine
May 31 2018
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Top 10 Italian Jaguars
A Michelotti-bodied Jaguar barn find recently made monster money. We look at 10 other Jaguars with a Latin twist
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Richard Heseltine
May 31 2018
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Top 10 Ginettas
Ginetta has beaten the odds to enjoy 60 years of making cars for both road and track. Here are ten classics designed by the marque-founding Walklett brothers
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Richard Heseltine
May 25 2018
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Frank Costin: reluctant hero behind the greatest sports cars
An aerodynamics genius whose lack of interest in the automotive world didn’t stop him from producing ground-breaking designs for Marcos, Lotus and more
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Richard Heseltine
May 24 2018
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Hero: Frank Kurtis, much more than just an Indy legend...
The Indy Car guru had many strings to his bow and achieved great success – so why isn't he spoken of in the same terms as Shelby, Cunningham or other US racing legends?
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Richard Heseltine
Apr 26 2018
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Chequered Flag: the underdog Lancia Stratos squad
How this pioneering British Lancia rally team succeeded where the works team failed, to take the first British win for the remarkable Stratos
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Richard Heseltine
Mar 01 2018
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Hero: Eugene Bordinat Jr, Ford’s unsung rebel
Mustang, Cougar, Continental MkIII... just some of the iconic cars to emerge from the Blue Oval during the 1960s and ’70s. One man oversaw them all
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Richard Heseltine
Mar 01 2018
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Hero: Brooks Stevens, the greatest visionary of all?
From steam irons to speedboats and a swathe of automobiles, the industrial designer’s legacy is surpassed by few – but it’s for his replica Excalibur cars that he’s best known
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Richard Heseltine
Mar 01 2018
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Hero: Bill Mitchell, the man who shaped the American dream
One of the 20th century’s most influential design heads signed off the Corvette, Riviera and Camaro among many others – and played as hard as he worked
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Richard Heseltine
Mar 01 2018
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Richard Teague: American automobile design’s unsung hero
The man behind the AMC Gremlin, Pacer and AMX had humility – a rare quality in the styling world. He was a better person for it
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Richard Heseltine
Mar 01 2018
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Mickey Thompson; the man and his machines
The story behind the motor sport legend, entrepreneur and innovator whose sticky end perversely reflected a high-octane life spent on the edge
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Richard Heseltine
Mar 01 2018
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Briggs Cunningham, the American determined to win Le Mans
Wealth and ambition turned Briggs Cunningham into a formidable race car constructor and driver, who tried and tried again to conquer the 24 Hours of Le Mans
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Richard Heseltine
Feb 26 2018
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Top 10 Greatest Nürburgring Races
The Nürburgring remains among the hardest tracks to master. We look back at ten of the most heroic drives ever at ‘The Green Hell’
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 21 2017
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Top 10 F1 One Race Wonders
Fewer than 1000 drivers have ever competed in Formula 1 – and even then some have only one race to their name. Here are our favourites
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 21 2017
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Top 10 Le Mans Heroes
As the greatest race in the world, the Le Mans 24 Hours has an enormous draw to drivers. We pick ten of the most legendary
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 21 2017
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Top 10 Silly-Named Cars
What’s in a name? We salute ten cars whose chances weren’t aided by a silly title
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 20 2017
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Top 10 Fast Fords
We pick ten of the best fast and attainable Fords that you can use in the real world
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 20 2017
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Top 10 Motorsport Blind Alleys
Motorsport is all about innovation, but not all ideas are good ones. We look back at some of the less well remembered ‘breakthroughs’
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 20 2017
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Top 10 Grand Prix One-Hit Wonders
Ten racers with as many wins between them – Formula 1 drivers fortunate enough to make it to the top step of the podium, but only once...
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 19 2017
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Top 10 Touring Car Drivers
They're mad, bad and dangerous to know – but which BTCC drivers make our top ten?
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 19 2017
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Top 10 Movie Cars
We pick ten of the best – or at least the most memorable – cars ever to feature on the silver screen
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 15 2017
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Top 10 Failed Racing Series
'Almost satanically brilliant in its idiocy'. What are we describing? Choose from races for asthmatic single-seaters, Ford pick-ups, 'mature' drivers and more
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Richard Heseltine
Dec 08 2017
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