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120bhp XR Challenge-powered, Vista Orange 1988 Ford Fiesta Mk2

Having owned XR2s in his youth, Doug Scheller had long fantasised about owning another. And then one day, at the age of 45, a fruity citrus hit turned the dream into reality

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2022 Caterham 170S

More. But still less. Sick of big, heavy electric cars? Then may we prescribe an 84bhp, 660cc Caterham…

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360bhp M57 engined BMW 335d E90

What started out as a humble 330d has been reimagined as an angry torque monster. Gammi Younis’ 535d-powered E90 hates tyres and wants them to be destroyed…

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2023 Subaru BRZ

The original BRZ was a story of unrealized potential. This time round Subaru has nailed the brief.

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Stunning 1979 Ford Fiesta Sandpiper Mk1

Original or modified? Budget build or show-stopping finish? As Paul Stott’s Jaffa Cake Fiesta proves, you don’t always have to make these decisions. Sometimes you can have both.

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K.I.T.T. Pontiac’s Knight Rider Firebird Star Car

The great thing about having a car as a favourite hero in childhood is that you can recreate it exactly in the metal as an adult, and own it.

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S38 powered 360bhp BMW E28 race car

There are no slugs and snails and puppy dog tails here: this Jager-liveried E28 is a sweet little race build with a spicy afterglow.

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Restomod 210bhp 2.9-litre 24-valve V6 Cosworth BOB engined 1982 Ford Capri Mk3

This restomod Capri is at once quintessentially British and wonderfully multicultural, shaking off the conventions of the scene to create something unique.

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286bhp M60 4.0 V8 engined drift BMW 340i Touring E30

Do estate cars make good drift cars? For Jack Cockburn, the boxy chic of the Touring is a great way to surprise people.

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The tourist BTCC-bodied 300bhp 1995 Ford Mondeo Mk1

A genuine ex-BTCC race car that was then campaigned in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia with a Cosworth YB and — now in New Zealand — still racing today? There’s a lot to unpack here…

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1994 BMW 740iA E38

The UK’s foremost modern-classic BMW collectors have an eerie ability to find improbably original low-mileage examples. This boxfresh 740i proves it: these grandmasters of Bavarian metal have glitched our concept of reality once again…

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Ferrari 458 580bhp Deus ex Machina - Liberty Walk-kitted

Covid-19 may have thrown a massive cat among our modifying pigeons, but it hasn’t stopped the hardcore from building their dream cars. Behold, Europe’s first LB GT Silhouette, lovingly crafted under lockdown…

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Stunning supercharged 380hp BMW 330i Touring E46

Fusing the disparate styles of the E46 M3 and Aston Martin DB7, Sav Kannides’ 330i Touring is a big-power sleeper with a dreamy spec.

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436bhp brute defines diesel power BMW 435d Gran Coupé F36

When lifelong petrolhead Radovan Haluska made the move to diesel, the amount of twist on offer inspired him to start modifying cars for the first time ever…

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Stunning 3.0 M54-swapped BMW 330i Saloon E30

More doors mean more excellence. Edgar Gumilev’s 330i-swapped E30 is primped, polished and ready for battle.

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