Superb handling was non-negotiable and achieved via the combination of a low centre of gravity, wide 205/60 tyres and ideal weight distribution. Thus, as the ’70s dawned, a more grown-up Lotus seemed ...

The timely coming together of three youthful engineering wizards – Giampaulo Dallara, Paolo Stanzani and Giotto Bizzarrini – plus ace New Zealand-born test driver Bob Wallace, resulted in awesome V12 ...

“There was Prince Bira in a Maserati 250F, Tony Gaze in a Ferrari 625, Jack Brabham in a Cooper-Bristol; all sorts. “As soon as the flag dropped, everything changed. I was 13 years old and knew ...

What all of these neoclassic protagonists shared was a tacit acknowledgment that while the modern motor car had come of age as an efficient, safe and reliable means of travel, it was quickly losing ...

The R107-generation Mercedes-Benz SL had a 19-year production life, from 1972 to 1989, with nearly 300,000 built. The 350SL’s 3499cc V8 has Bosch injection and makes 197bhp at 5800rpm, with 211lb ft ...

With no more than 112 examples in the UK, you might consider a business that deals exclusively with Alfa Romeo’s late-’80s SZ and RZ, Il Mostro, to be a niche too far. But Adrian Jardine of Alfa Aid ...

Those first Lancers and Galants were American in their styling and conventional in their engineering, although the company’s ...