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What should we think of a car whose finest features are best appreciated while it is parked? One whose appeal lies principally in the image of him or her an owner...
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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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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...
Motorsport
Never mind F1: in all global sport the Monaco Grand Prix is a highlight of the year. You might not follow Formula 1 nor even be a sports fan, but you’ll have heard of the Monaco GP...
Driven Archive
The Lotus Elise will finally bow out this year, a quarter of a century after it arrived with such fanfare. Along with the Exige and Evora, two other Lotus models that seem...
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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...
Motorsport
Who won the inaugural Monaco Grand Prix? It is a surprisingly difficult question to answer. First and unlike almost everyone else who would go on to win what would...
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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...