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Ask Goodwin

Dear Colin, With advancements in car safety, tyre quality etc, what would you deem an appropriate contemporary motorway speed limit...?

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A challenge like no other

It is a sign of the strangeness of these times that June came and went without Le Mans for the second year in a row. It feels odd to be looking ahead to the 24-hour race...

Motorsport

Le Mans’ most unlikely winner: Part one

From its first participation, when in 1951 a 356 won its class despite an engine boasting no more than 46bhp, there have been myriad great Porsche Le Mans stories...

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Turning off the highway

The water ran dark as I washed my hair that night. In fact it was still pretty muddy-looking on the second shampooing. But a day spent blasting around the gravel roads...

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Everything I know about road testing 

My memory is a little hazy, but I think the very first car I road tested was a 2-litre Ford Fiesta ST with Mountune performance upgrades. This was early in 2008...

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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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The transient power of dreams

The clean-up teams are in Honda’s Swindon plant now, dismantling robots and packing them up. Despite central and local government promises that it would find a buyer...

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The moment of truth

Early morning, December 2017. Water vapour from cold-started exhausts hangs in the air. A dozen or so metallic blue pre-production Alpines are idling in the car park...

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