♔ ‘If it’s comfortable, easy to start, and has Bluetooth, it’s not iconic. It’s an appliance.’ Five cars. One unifying theme: worship. Whether you own them, chase them, or admire them behind a velvet rope at Pebble Beach, these icons define automotive royalty. From Gullwings to gold-lined engine bays, they’re as collectable as Picassos and […]
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♔ ‘A car isn’t a classic because it’s old. To be a classic, a car has to tell us something of its time’ – James May What makes a car truly iconic? It’s not just horsepower and bodywork. It’s Bond. It’s Bowie. It’s breaking the speed limit and cultural norms. From the E-Type’s Swinging Sixties
♔ ‘You don’t buy a Valkyrie LM to go faster. You buy it because therapy wasn’t working.’ Ten cars. One howling V12. Zero hybrids. The Aston Martin Valkyrie LM isn’t road-legal — it’s track royalty. It was hand-built for Le Mans-grade lunacy without any of that FIA nonsense. No ballast, no driver aids—just 697 horsepower,
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Next F1: Austrian GP Date: Sunday, 29 June 2025Track: Red Bull Circuit ♖ Le Mans clashes with F1! The 24 Hours lands the same weekend as the Barcelona GP—motorsport fans now face the ultimate double-booking. ♖ Villeneuve stirs the pot: Says Hamilton’s Ferrari slump shows he’s ‘doubting himself.’ Post-race mood? Rock bottom. ♖ McLaren tweak alert:
♔ ‘The Novantacinque is what happens when carbon fibre gets invited to Milan Fashion Week.’ You know you’ve made it when your birthday present is a one-off hypercar dressed like an Italian billionaire at Pitti Uomo. Pininfarina’s 95th anniversary Battista Novantacinque has 1,900 horsepower, weighs less than your last house extension, and hits 60 faster
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♔ ‘Once it was all ‘Grace, Space and Pace’. Now it’s ‘range anxiety, app control, and a £100k price tag.’ Once the gentleman’s express for those who preferred silk over shout, Jaguar is now binning tradition like last season’s chinos. At the FT’s ‘Future of the Car’ summit, JLR revealed it’ll keep just 20% of
♔ ‘Fangio didn’t drive the Alfetta. He tamed it. With a moustache and absolutely zero regard for personal safety.’ Before Ferrari wore red with purpose, it was still running errands for Alfa Romeo. Enter the Alfetta 158 – a tiny, twitchy supercharged monster that blew the doors off everyone, including a rookie team from Maranello.
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♔ ‘Brooklands was where gentlemen risked their lives in cars made of tin, tweed and sheer bloody-minded optimism.’ Imagine a motor circuit so bonkers it needed 100 feet width to keep the cars on it. A 30-foot-high banked curve, in 1907. Brooklands wasn’t just Britain’s answer to speed — it was the flaming question mark.
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Canadian GPDate: Sunday, 15 June 2025Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve ♖ Sainz to Hamilton: ‘Brace yourself—Ferrari takes six months to master. I’ve been there, and the learning curve is brutal.’ ♖ Derek Warwick warns: Lewis Hamilton underestimated Ferrari’s challenge—after 12 years at Mercedes, he may already be eyeing retirement.’ ♖ ‘F1 drops iconic Imola for 2025.