The ‘XM’ stood for eXperimental Mercury and like many dream cars of its time, its fate was shrouded in mystery until a resourceful young man found it parked behind a barn, sunk in mud…
Brian Wrigley’s had plenty of classic Americans in his life, starting as a youngster in the Sixties; could this Studebaker be his finest Yank yet? We reckon so…
Dodge Dreams Bought to create happy memories< this 1968 Charger did its best to spoil that plan with three years of breakdowns and frustrations. Was it worth it? You bet!
Alfa’s famous green Cloverleaf badge has adorned many great cars over the decades. Here are five modern Cloverleaf classics – which one would we take home?
The amazing story of Enzo Ferrari’s first ever car – why he couldn’t call it a Ferrari, how Ascari came to be his first customer and why the AAC 815 might just be the world’s most valuable car
In the past, supercars have had a reputation for being tricky to drive. Last month we featured the 365 Daytona and reported on its heave-ho steering, hefty clutch and recalcitrant gearbox – all typically ‘challenging’ characteristics of exotic cars.
Forget supercar crash videos or the spectacle of a hideous aftermarket body kit bolted onto a modern classic, the one sight guaranteed to make the steeliest petrolhead recoil in horror has to be the yellow glow of a “check engine” light. Gut-churning it may be but the surface-level indicators of a complex diagnostic system are preferable to the potentially engine-crippling faults to which they’re pointing.
If you couldn’t afford a Lamborghini Diablo or Ferrari Testarossa during the 1990’s, there was a much more cost-effective wedge of excitement on the market. Designed by Bertone, the Citroën ZX Volcane TD was a slice of gallic cool that appealed to a very different customer than the Ford Escort XR3i. More Saint-Tropez than South-end-on- Sea, if you will.
The C-Type and D-type may have owned the LeMans 24 Hours during the Fifties, with five victories between them, but they weren’t the only Jaguar sports cars to take part in the famed endurance race at this time.
If the days of petrol-fuelled Aston Martins are numbered, then the arrival of not one but two monstrously powerful new models – the limited-edition V12 Speedster and one-of-one Victor – should be cause for celebration. We drive them both.
M3 v GIULIA v 911 BMW’s new M3 Competition takes on both the current saloon car king, Alfa’s Giulia Quadrifoglio, and the sports coupe alternative, Porsche’s 992 Carrera. Adam Towler referees
Not one but two attempts were made to spin a two-seater sports car off the original Mini’s platform, but flaws in their designs would see both stall at the prototype stage.
