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The genius of Archie Scott Brown

Archie Scott Brown is naturally right-handed, except that he doesn’t have one. Over the years he’s learned to reverse his own polarity, so it’s with his strong left-arm that he grips the thin...

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Designers versus engineers

I decided I wanted to be a car designer when I was three. In my early years I bypassed drawing the family next to a tree with a stick dog, and went straight to cars. While most...

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Who made your car?

Whatever badge your car wears, have you ever wondered what the company behind that logo actually makes? David Twohig reveals all

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The good and the great

There is a danger, if you do this motoring journalism job for too long, that you end up fancying yourself as a bit of dab hand behind the wheel. It stands to reason...

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Bum steer

The windscreen wipers whup-whopped enthusiastically on their highest setting, doing their best to scoop the sheeting rain off the wraparound screen. I squinted through the gloom of the rainstorm...

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Birth of an icon: Part one

From the moment it was launched in 1989, Mazda’s MX-5 was instantly recognised as a modern interpretation of the classic British sports car: small, simple and affordable...

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Our Cars: David’s 106 Rallye

Having recently moved back to my adopted country – la belle France – I was in need of a daily runabout. As I have access to a ‘sensible’ vehicle in my better half’s new Land Rover...

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Driving with Bob Wallace

In the picture below, Bob Wallace is driving the prototype Lamborghini Countach, chassis number 1120001. It’s loping at 135mph – the speedo is out but that’s what...

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