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01 September 2022 ❖ Reportedly, Alpine are prepared to let Oscar Piastri leave for McLaren and has identified Pierre Gasly as a definite possibility for partner Esteban Gasly next year. ❖ Mick Schumacher’s contract with the Ferrari Driver Academy expires at the end of the season. Haas is looking for a replacement. ❖ Alonso backtracks […]

25 August 2022 For the 1970 Car Show season, Giorgetto Giugiaro designed the ItalDesign Porsche Tapiro; ‘a crisply folded mid-engined double gull-wing doored (gull-wing doors for both the passenger compartment and the engine bay) exotic coupé based on a Volkswagen Porsche 914/6. Prototypical metallic silver with a warm butterscotch leather-lined cabin adorned the Tapiro. A

25 August 2022 Ferrari LaFerrari, project name F150 was a limited production mid-engine mild hybrid sports car. Built between June 2013 and August 2018. Ferrari built 710 Ferrari LaFerrari. From June 2013 to January 2016, Ferrari built 500 Coupés, and between October 2016 and August 2018, they made 210 Apertas. LaFerrari was the first full

25 August 2022 Mate Rimac, CEO of Bugatti Rimac, said, ‘For the final road-going appearance of Bugatti’s legendary W-16 engine, we knew we had to create a roadster.’ At the 2022 Monterey Car Week, Bugatti introduced the coda for their outstanding W16 engine, the Bugatti Mistral, an open-top version of the carbon-fibre monocoque Chiron and

25 August 2022 Jaguar’s business was founded as the Swallow Sidecar Company in 1922, initially making motorcycle sidecars before developing bodies for passenger cars. Under the ownership of SS Cars Limited, the business extended to complete cars made in association with Standard Motor Co, many bearing Jaguar as a model name. One such motor car

25 August 2022 ❖ Rumours of a big, big upgrade for Mercedes at the Belgium Grand Prix.❖ Australian F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has had a disappointing season. Still, there appears to be a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel: a possible lifeline from Haas boss Guenther Steiner.❖ Norbert Haug has slammed Haas

Aston Martin makes cars as beautiful as supermodels, engineers and builds them in the UK, and even His Royal Highness Prince Charles is a fully paid-up fan. This Aston Martin DB11 intends to be a lot more than just a showpiece that looks good parked up at the kerbside, This is a ripping combination with

18 August 2022 Aston Martin’s Q Bespoke Division is celebrating its 10th birthday. To commemorate this (not that Aston seems to need an occasion to build a ‘Special’), a 21st-century tribute to the open-top DBR1 racer from 1953, the Aston Martin DBR22. To celebrate, ten of these Roofless Beauties will be lovingly built. No prizes

18 August 2022 In 1969, De Tomaso began planning for a high-performance, luxury four-door saloon, partly because Jaguar Car’s had sales success with the XJ in Italy. The De Tomaso Deauville became known as the Jaguar built in Italy, much to the chagrin of De Tomaso. De Tomaso named the car after the French resort

18 August 2022 With the Quattroporte of the early 1960s, Maserati established a market for Italian sports saloons. A few years later, Piero Rivolta introduced a fast four-door into the Iso product range. Designed by Giugiaro and built by Ghia, the Iso Rivolta Fidia (initially named the ‘S4’) should have met instant success. But the