"Richie Finney doesn’t take himself too seriously. As he twiddles his perfectly waxed ‘tache, a beaming grin spreads across his face. “I’ve always been a bit odd,” he smiles before regaling tales of riding Royal Enfields in the "
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Atalanta roadster: a glorious blast from the past
"At one end of a small Oxfordshire town lies Bicester Village shopping mall: mecca for Chinese tourists and the brand-obsessed.At the other, the infinitely more interesting Bicester Heritage: de facto home of the UK classic motor industry. If you "
Marcos – From Kit Car to Le Mans
"For many small volume car manufacturers the kit car route allows them to offer the buyer something different but without the need to have a large factory and workforce to finance. Jem Marsh, the founder of Marcos, realised this throughout "
QWest – the Tesla Estate
"There’s a lot of pressure for a sequel to perform, yet comic book movie franchises seem keen to push their product out over and over again, weaving ever more tech and intricacy into their storylines. Often, after the building "
Ginetta 0-60
"I first met Lawrence Tomlinson nearly 10 years ago at Brands Hatch, where his first words to me were…. “So, you’re the twat that crashed two of my cars into each other!” His description and factual accuracy were spot on "
One-77 – Aston’s ‘False’ Grand Tourer
"Be patient with me for one moment, please. I’m going to drop an F-bomb. Football. There, I’ve said it. In football you have strikers, players who wear the number 9 on their backs and lead the line and attempt "
Rover 600 – 25 years
"We may have featured a Porsche 993 and an Aston DB7 in this edition, both of which were launched in 1993 - but they would never sell anywhere near as many units as one of the year's more down to earth motor "
A New Beginning: 20 years of the water-cooled Porsche 911
"'Can a 911 that shares not a single component with its predecessor still be a 911?' That was the question Porsche posed in a brochure for the new-era 911 in 1998. Of course, it answered it with an unequivocal ‘yes’, and declared that ‘"
25 years of the Aston Martin DB7 and Porsche 911 (993)
"Launched in 1993 the DB7 was the culmination of Aston receiving Ford’s financial muscle and TWR’s engineering know-how. Ford had bought a majority share in Aston in 1998 and TWR – also owned by Ford and who had developed the XJ-S "
McQueen’s Triumph
"It's one of the iconic partnerships in cinema history - Steve McQueen and the Triumph TR6R. There's a value in nostalgia that no amount of engineering, testing, marketing or endorsement can mimic. It's the reason a perfect replica of "
Trooping the Cooler: ex Military vehicles – Still want that SUV?
"The current appetite for Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is seemingly insatiable, with families gorging themselves on a never-ending dish of pseudo-off-roaders. Primed for battle with other combatant armies of parents and children all ready to shoot down enemies for that "
Tanks a lot
"Tanks were built for one purpose - to help win wars. Being designed to do so, however, has inadvertantly left them with an attraction they never intended - the thrill of driving one. Even seeing one is a spectacle, although "
Ex Military – The Machine of War
"Some people make it their mission to ensure our history doesn’t just become a thing of the past. Because so much has been given and so much has been lost it’s their goal to make each generation aware "