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2018 in pictures
With racing's next new dawn imminent, we thought it appropriate to take a photographic glimpse at some highlights from 2018,…
February 2019
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What's in a number?
Perhaps it looks like a standard E-type coupé – and it is right now. But it wasn’t always, and after…
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The waiting game
The season gone was transient but crucial for Red Bull, the last in its often-troubled partnership with Renault and with…
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Make me a racer
I’ve been on this earth for 42 years, and for at least 39-and-three-quarters of those I’ve dreamt of being a…
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Lunch with Dick Bennetts
For more than three decades he has been a familiar face at UK circuits, engineer and mentor to such as…
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Master craftsmen
This series has so far been uplifting – discovering traditional skills still being practised and passed on to a new…
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BMW 320d Sport review: buried treasure
BMW is in the middle of the greatest product offensive in its history. Six months either side of right now…
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Mercedes-Benz GLE 450h review: status symbolism
No car sector is changing faster than that populated by premium SUVs. Not only is the category expanding at big-bang…
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Mazda MX-5 2.0 RF
To me it seems barely believable that the fourth-generation Mazda MX-5 is already three years old. In my mind’s eye…
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Racing in its blood
Distinctive Porsche 911 that has been used competitively for more than 25 years Although it was once popular to allude…
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Dealing
Any business bearing the slogan “Only the Best Cars” naturally has a lot to live up to, but Tom Hartley…
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Auction review: Moss Ferrari tops $20m
At RM Sotheby’s Petersen Automotive Museum auction, on December 8, a Ferrari 290MM took more than $20 million to join…
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California gleamin'
Back in the 1930s a new motor sport phenomenon called dry lakes racing took off in southern California. Fuelled by…
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Ferrari F40
Maranello barnstormer that redefined the word 'supercar' For many people it’s the supercar that re-lit the boosters on the Ferrari…
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Saleen S7 R
Raw American muscle in sleek composite clothing Building – and selling – a car with your own name on it…
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Garagista: Tyrrell P34-Cosworth
Ian Cox from WDK Motorsport took a tactical approach to the rebirth of a famous Formula 1 curio This car…
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Garagista: Ferrari Dino 308 GT4
SMDG director Jack Moody on an Italian talisman that was converted to racing spec before being restored for the road…
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Books & DVDs
Pironi, The Champion That Never Was David Sedgwick It was only when this landed that one began to appreciate the…
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Art
Featured artist: Bobbie Crews Is there a blank wall in your garage? This artist could enliven it dramatically They’re intimate…
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Memorabilia
Collectable eye protection Vintage eye protection Motoring or aviation goggles with oval lenses and gauze sides; part of a collection.…
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