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You’ve seen it a thousand times before: a car is flung sideways for the camera, smoke pours from the wheel arches as precision-scripted whoops, cackles and titters pour from the presenter’s mouth...
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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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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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Corner my Triking three-wheeler hard and if the tyres were gripping, you judged cornering limits on the inside front wheel; any more than six inches off the ground...
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There’s a phrase I used to hear quite a lot in my early years in the business, but less so today; which is good, because then as now it annoys the hell...
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Tom McCahill invented the 0-60mph acceleration test. British motoring magazines like The Autocar and The Motor performance tested cars more than 20 years...
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Getting air comes up from time to time on car magazines, but jumping cars for photographic effect doesn’t always end well. If you look back in the history books...
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In the spring of 1973, Sicily was the place to be. The word was out: after this the Targa Florio was losing its World Championship status. The last great road race...