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The year of the electric vehicle? Sports car makers missed the 2021 memo
There is no doubt about it that, for good or ill, 2021 will be year in which electrification stopped being a subject more talked about than acted upon and became…
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The 2020 car of the year? One that can cope with the rough...
To be honest I doubt it was ever to have been a ‘vintage year’. When in a few decades someone writes about the transformation in the car industry that took…
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The black art behind tumbling Nürburgring road car lap records
We should be grateful for the last 1000km race ever to be held for prototype sports cars at the old Nürburgring in 1983 because it was also the only one…
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'I'd back government's 2030 electric car plan — if there was a plan'
So now we know: in nine years time the last car powered solely by petrol or diesel will have been sold in the UK. Make that 14 years for all…
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Video casts doubt over 331mph road car 'speed record' - SSC plans a second attempt
The company that claimed a 331mph top speed for its road car has admitted that it may have got its figures wrong and is now planning a second run to…
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Fastest car around Le Mans (in theory), but Bugatti Bolide isn't that impressive
If you’ve not seen it already, Bugatti has announced a new car. Called the Bugatti Bolide, it makes all its products launched since the 986bhp Veyron in 2005 look somewhat…
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Digital storage for your classic car documents
Remember Eamonn Andrews’ big red book on the ITV biographical show This Is Your Life? My Classic Car Life is a digital version of that weighty tome for your classic…
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SSC Tuatara sets 331mph record to become world's fastest production car
Shelby's Tuatara supercar has recorded a new production car record in a private run in Las Vegas, Nevada. It reached a top speed of 331mph and recorded 316mph during a…
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McLaren 765LT the end of an era as firm looks to a new start
McLaren Automotive must be hoping that the next ten years follows a smoother trajectory than its first. The start was horrendous – its launch car, the MP4-12C was introduced before…
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Look beyond the nose of BMW's M3 and M4 — but you might like them even less
I hope that the response of the general public to the reveal of the new BMW M3 and M4 is somewhat more charitable than that I’ve seen among the diehard…
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Video: Mercedes-AMG Project One, powered by Hamilton’s F1 engine, goes testing
The Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar, built around the 2016 F1 championship-winning hybrid engine, has been seen and heard in testing before production starts at the end of the year. With…
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Aston Martin DBX review: SUV that's set up for Silverstone
The new DBX SUV is more than an Aston Martin in name alone, writes Andrew Frankel in this road test extract from the magazine
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Gordon Murray's T.50 supercar revealed: the "incomparably better" successor to McLaren F1
In this business there aren’t many things I enjoy doing more than sitting down with Gordon Murray, and I include those involving having a steering wheel in my hands. It’s…
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The Mezger engine: Porsche legend created by a genius
There are very few engines that have become so indivisible from their creator that it’s hard to mention them without their names too. I guess you could include the Cosworth…
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Did Ferrari's Grand Rendez-Vous tribute lose the plot?
Ferrari film is supposed to be a tribute to the cult classic C'était Un Rendez-Vous. Viewers aren't convinced
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Why Aston Martin's new boss needs an axe to end century of bad luck
There has been a certain amount of low level crowing in the industry at the departure of Andy Palmer from the saddle of Aston Martin. Some thought he should have…
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Why Aston Martin may have timed its F1 re-entry perfectly
Aston Martin's shake-up could see the company seize the game-changing opportunity offered by Formula 1. Could we see a World Champion come along for the ride?