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22 April 2022 When the Bugatti Type 35, a 2-litre engine producing 95 bhp, was first entered into racing, it was deprecated. However, Bugatti more than compensated for its tiny size with its incredible handling characteristics. Additionally, the engine was unbelievably reliable. Rather than fitting wheels with thin spokes, from 1924 onwards, Bugatti used wheels […]

22 April 2022 The Lamborghini Countach, the motor car that embellished a thousand x thousand bedroom walls and yet in sales terms, only 2,000 were sold over a 16 years production run. To provide some context, 3,000 Diablos sold over 11 years, 4,000 over nine years and 10,000 Aventadors since 2011. These names will live

15 April 2022 The Maserati Boomerang was first displayed as a concept at the Turin Motor Show in 1971, as a full working model by the Geneva Salon in March 1972. The Boomerang missed the 1973 Motor Show circuit, but in 1974 it was successively shown at the Paris, London and Barcelona motor shows and

14 April 2022 The Pagani Huayra has been with us for over ten years now, meaning it requires replacement. Pagani was very unhappy after the images of the Huayra successor were leaked online in January this year. However, now the prototype has been spotted out on the streets of Italy. As noted from the previously

12 Apil 2022 A recent American study has produced some fascinating data regarding the popularity and opinion of my favourite subject, the fantastic motor car. According to the study, the most searches between 2019 and 2022 were for the Nissan GT-R, probably reflecting the younger age range of the respondents. The GT-R was also the

08 April 2022 The Koenigsegg Gemera debuted in March 2020 as the brand’s first four-seat hypercar. The Swedish automaker now has its prototype with all of the systems onboard just over two years later. Apart from the four-seat configuration, this giant of a motor car is powered by a mid-mounted, twin turbo-charged 2.0 litre, 3-cylinder

01 April 2022 When the new management took over Aston Martin in the early 1970s, there was one hidden asset, a design for a long-wheelbase four-door model to bear the Lagonda name. This car was supposedly born out of David Brown’s desire to be chauffeured in a car manufactured by Aston Martin. Though widely acclaimed

01 April 2022 When you think of Ferrari, the glamour, the style, it is a little disarming to see, amongst the racers, engines, and technical drawings, one of the Ferrari Museum’s most telling exhibits is a modest pair of black Persol 2762 sunglasses in a Perspex case. These, along with an immaculate trenchcoat, became Enzo

01 April 2022 If you want to turn your Aston Martin into a mobile safe room, AddArmor is the people for you, headed up by Pete Blaber, former US Special Mission Unit Commander. AddArmor specialises in armouring a vehicle to a B4-B6 level of protection that can withstand hand grenades and 12-pound landmines. In the

25 March 2022 Produced from 1968 to 1972, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 borrowed the M100 V8 engine from the company’s flagship 600 to create a powerful, luxury sports saloon. Among its fans was the late Steve McQueen, who happened to import his particular car in 1972 and who drove it until his death in