"The Volkswagen Golf, it has been said, is the benchmark by which all other cars are judged. Many an automotive commentator has lamented that, in essence, every car on the road is a little more than an imitation, or at "
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Cars that made the ‘80s – The Ford Escort
"The impact of Ford’s most infamous hatchback on British car culture, not to mention the UK modifying scene, can never be overstated. But, if we’re talking about the 1980s in particular, and we’re looking for just one "
Cars That Made The 90s with ‘90s BTCC Champion Tim Harvey and Michał Fidowicz
"Before the 1990s, you had iconic boxes and an endless sea of pop-up headlights on the road. Or, far too often, broken down in a layby. When the automotive world struck into the 1990s, however, that changed. The cars suddenly "
A hark back to the ‘90s and why these cars have soul
"In our high-tech, cordless, wireless world, where the notion of rewinding the latest VHS release and having to physically return it to Blockbuster - or for that matter, even plugging your vacuum cleaner into the wall - is considered more "
The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V – The Rally Icon That Put The Evolution Into The Evo Range
"The Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution V(5) is, you could say, the point where the Evo truly evolved into the road-going monster we all know and love. Despite being based on the same sixth-generation Mitsubishi Lancer as its predecessor, the Lancer Evolution "
The Audi RS2 Avant – The Audi-Porsche mashup that created the RS legacy
"There’s no doubt there’s plenty to talk about when it comes to the legendary Audi RS2 Avant. But perhaps the salient, not to mention most important, headline grabbers are these: This was the first Audi to sport the "
BMW M3: The past, the present, the future
"My first memory of an M3 was when my mate’s mum rolled-up in an E36 convertible. It must have been close to brand new at the time and I remember stopping to gawp - at the car. Top down, "
BMW M3: The Evolution.
"1986: E30 After completing its brief career in Formula 1, BMW’s Motorsport arm focused all its energy on touring car racing. The BMW M3 E30 was born. The first edition came with a 195hp, four-cylinder 16-valve power unit. Right from the "
The BMW E36 M3 – The badge(and the mirrors) that changed the game
"Few cars have had such an enduring impact on the performance motoring world as the mighty BMW M3. The badge itself is arguably one of the most famous and most popular performance nameplates to ever come out of Germany. Quite "
The Alfa Romeo 155 – Track Titans And Twin Sparks
"The Alfa Romeo 155 was only produced for six years between 1992 and 1998, but with nearly two hundred thousand hitting the streets in that time, there’s no denying its impact on ‘90s automotive culture. From the very beginning this car divided "
The Vauxhall Lotus Carlton – The original home-grown hyper-saloon
"The Lotus Carlton wasn’t the first fast four-door saloon car. After all, by the time this particular motoring icon hit the streets in 1990, the super-saloon era was already in full swing. The big Lotus bruiser did however crowbar a "
Lotus Carlton: Vauxhall’s Muscle-Bound Everyman Hero
"Launched in 1991, the Lotus Carlton caused something of a Tabloid Panic. It was a 'Killer Family Car' - so went the tale. Class prejudice was riven through the sentiment. Plenty of Porsche, Ferrari – even BMW M5s of the time "
When carmakers shared tech for the better (and worse)
"The warm fuzzy feeling you get from sharing is one of those things we all enjoy. Oddly, this sharing business also gives carmakers that same feeling. As over the years, many of them have shared R&D tech by "