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‘Please Andrew, don’t be doing any more of that with this car.’ The words belonged to Lotus sales manager Scott Walker, the car to Colin Chapman until his untimely death...
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Sometimes the answer is right in front of you. I was driving along the A422 this evening wondering what the devil I was going to write for this week's column and drawing a resolute blank...
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A story good enough to make one of the world’s great writers reply. Mel Nichols recalls a dear friend and a beloved car
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A few years ago, PJ O’Rourke – widely regarded as America’s funniest writer – read a story I wrote about the 1960 MGA 1600 I had when I was 19 and emailed me this note...
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I put finger to keyboard rather tentatively here, as I’m aware this might appear to be a counterpoint to Andrew English’s 'What I hate about modern cars' piece...
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You’re perched on the pit wall at Spa-Francorchamps, neck craned to the left, peering down at the famed Bus Stop chicane. The faintest chirp of tyre squeal can be heard for a moment...
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‘March 25th, 1954 – an important date in the automobile industry,’ proclaims the booming voiceover. We watch as a great lump of metal, something that looks as though it belongs...
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Growing up as an introvert in a quiet town in Portugal, with a weird car fixation none of my friends really understood, I often retreated to car magazines...