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Copy cats

Jaguar’s C-type and Lightweight E-type are only 10 years apart but, having tried continuation versions of both, it feels more like 50, says Dan Prosser

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The first supercar?

There’s a myth that LJK Setright coined the term supercar in 1967 in a story he wrote for Car magazine about driving a Lamborghini Miura 1000 miles from Modena to London...

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The birth of the quattro

Until 1980 Audi was a bit part player on the world stage, but the quattro changed all that. Peter Robinson talks to the people responsible for its creation

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Plane stupid?

The island of Capri looked so beautiful we had to do another lap. The whole Amalfi coast is stunning, particularly so from the cockpit of a light aircraft a mere couple of thousand feet...

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Blown away

The whistling began at 3000rpm, the jet-like whine at three-and-a-half, and the rocket-like surge at four. Then the car speared forward as if another engine altogether had cut in..

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Let loose in a GTO

Imagine you’re at home one morning minding your own business when the telephone rings. It’s your boss. And he asks whether you’d mind awfully flying to Italy...

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Back in the big cat

Thirty years ago, Jaguar unveiled the fastest road car it had ever made. Three decades later, it still is. Then it was also the fastest car in the world, and by some margin...

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Rock group

I recently described the sensation of driving the 1982 Le Mans-winning Porsche 956 at Goodwood but, ridiculous as it sounds, that was actually the amuse bouche...

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