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Rum, rogues and turbos

Rulebooks are being torn up: hypercars with electric motors and no pistons, the GT3 RS forgoing a stick in favour of paddles, the M3 with an automatic gearbox and no manual...

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How Car magazine changed everything

‘A fine time, you may say, to talk about a luxury coupe that seats two people, does 12mpg, costs £12,000 and represents the best part of a ton and a half of otherwise...

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Driving the £4m Aston Martin

I know: two unattainable Astons in three days, with another unattainable McLaren sandwiched between them. But this one is something else again and, I feel...

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Sawn-off supercars

In my experience there is nothing in this world of automobiles more likely to start people sneering than an ultra-expensive, limited edition, roof and screenless roadster...

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Making EVs fun to drive: Part two

Can EVs ever be genuinely fun to drive? Ever the optimist that I am, I’ve pinned my colours squarely to the ‘yes’ mast. Clearly, mass is the enemy of fun, but I see ways in...

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Over and out

Twenty five years after it was introduced, there is nothing new to be written about the Lotus Elise. Except this: goodbye and thank you for the memories...

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Making EVs fun to drive: Part one

Back in 2009, I was leading the team developing the Renault Zoe. The only people crazy enough to dabble in electric vehicles back then were Tesla and the Nissan-Renault Alliance...

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An operatic tragedy

The tram terminus on Milan's Piazza Castello lies opposite the leafy entrance to the Castello Sforzesco and its Filarete Tower. It was there, in 1910, that legend places Romano Cattaneo...

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