"The truck driver glances at his greasy wing mirror and drifts into the outside lane of the autostrada, making ground on the dawdling transporter in front. Elephant racing – as it is known in here in Italy. A blue flash to "
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Lancia’s Lucky Seven
"Lambda (1927) The Lambda was groundbreaking and radical. There was unitary construction when most other cars were ladder-framed with a coach-built body. It had independent front suspension and all-round brakes – as well as a highly sophisticated V4 engine. A milestone in "
Lancia Stratos: Elusive Passion – Concept Car
"My uncle used to own a Lancia Stratos. Except he didn’t. For years I bragged in countless schoolyard corners that my uncle owned what was at the time undoubtedly one of a handful of coolest cars in the world. "
Own it: Lancia Fulvia Coupé
"Affordable classic is a term of which we’ve always been a little skeptical. It’s a bit of a cliché. If a car is truly a classic, in the objective measure of the term, then surely it will command "
Lancia: The Death of a Marque?
"Car companies die. Like the great lost cities and civilizations of antiquity, what once seemed vast, vibrant and permanent can soon end up as ruins. While I don’t mean to compare Lancia to ancient Rome, I think they’re "
A Dozen of our Favourite Fords
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The Ballad of Crazy Horse
"All photos Influx/Dom Romney You can never underestimate the power of Hollywood in its ability to hijack our automotive imaginations. It must be something to do with those McQueen inspired celluloid memories. The Mustang has always played the role "
Cosworth & Ford
"Image via Lotus The legendary Ford Cosworth DFV (Double Four Valve) V8 engine is, by a mile, the most successful F1 racing engine of all time. Cosworth was founded in 1958 by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth to build racing engines. "
Rallye Sport
"Lead image Influx/James Lipman Ford introduced its first-ever RS-badged car, the Escort RS1600, in 1970. Over the forty years since then the Rallye Sport identity has been an important part of Ford's sporting image. Over the years the Rallye Sport "
Working Class Hero
"All Images Influx/James Lipman Remember Ford’s late-nineties ‘backbone of Britain’ TV advert for the Transit, set to Slade’s ‘Coz I Luv U?’ The advertising industry isn’t generally noted for correcting social wrongs, but on this occasion "
Heroes & Villains
"1: The DeTomaso Pantera [gallery=141] Is this an Argentinian, Italian or an American car? Not sure, but its street brawler's yankee heart crossed with latino styling set hearts racing from the pampas to the prairies. Marketed squarely at Americans when it "
The Art of the Muscle Car
"[gallery link="file"] The American muscle car: whether you worship the road that they tear up or turn your nose up at their raw, unrefined power - deep down everyone harbours a secret desire to own one. A Dodge Charger "
Super Mario!
"If ever there was a 24 carat hall of famer, it’s Mario Andretti. Pulled over in the UK, it’s, “who do you think you are, Stirling Moss?” But for the Smokies in the USA, it’s always Mario. On "