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The day I met Enzo Ferrari: Part one

Enzo Ferrari reached across his desk and pressed a button on a little control panel. Instantly his office door opened and his attendant scurried in. Ferrari spoke gruffly...

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Driving a Singer

It’s the quilted lining in the engine bay. You pull the release, saunter round to the back of the car, lift the lid and there it is. Like a drill bit in a jewellery box. An internal combustion engine...

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Ask Goodwin

Dear Colin, I have been a car enthusiast all my life and have succeeded enough to be able to indulge my passion to a limited extent. But what I have failed to do is pass...

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Death of the small car

In the 135-year history of the motor car, most memorable have been the small ones. Alec Issigonis’s Mini, Dante Giacosa’s Fiat 500, Stanley Edge’s Austin Seven, Ferdinand...

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Why I bought an M3

Truly it was a car I tried hard not to buy. It was just too obvious. I needed a daily driver but this? An E46 BMW M3? So predictable, so very unsurprising...

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Crashing a Diablo

Crashing the first Lamborghini Diablo allowed out of captivity should have ended my attempt to work in Europe. Long before the career move from Australia began to pay dividends...

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My classic car education

Back in 2010, when I was a giddy young enthusiast starting high school, I'd pass by a small used car dealership on my way. It was always worth peeking through the gates...

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My first trip to Maranello

It had taken five years, which I didn’t think was too bad. Five years of hard slog, nearly losing my job on countless occasions, schlepping around Autocar’s various departments...

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