Where automotive icons live. We dive deep into the cars that shaped history, the posters on our childhood walls, and the machines that redefined performance and design.
Ferrari F40 LM and Competizione: Maranello’s Group B Debt, Paid Ten Years Late There are cars that arrive on time and cars that arrive late. The Ferrari F40 LM arrived late. It arrived three years after Henri Toivonen was killed in Corsica and the FIA killed Group B. It arrived two years after the road … Read more
Kimera K39: 1,000 Koenigsegg Horsepower, a Manual Gearbox, and the Question Nobody Dared Ask Christian von Koenigsegg doesn’t hand out the beating heart of his company to just anyone. He’s spent decades building a reputation on engineering so uncompromising that owning a Koenigsegg feels less like buying a car and more like receiving a handshake … Read more
GOLF R32: BACK WHEN VOLKSWAGEN STILL TOOK RISKS Chris Harris said it once and it stuck: the trouble with modern hot hatches is that they all feel like the same car wearing different jackets. He was talking about the latest Golf R when he said it, but he could have been talking about any of … Read more
De Tomaso P72: The Time Machine That Took Six Years to Start There are promises that get kept. And there are promises that take so long to deliver that by the time they arrive, nobody believes them anymore. The De Tomaso P72 was unveiled as a concept at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July … Read more
Maserati MC12: The Supercar That Forced the FIA to Invent Balance of Performance Top Gear lapped one. The Stig set a time of 1:18.9 — one tenth faster than the Ferrari Enzo. Clarkson called it twitchy, oversized, and “either a racer, a GT car, or a detuned Enzo in a fat suit.” He couldn’t quite … Read more
Ebro: how Henry Ford founded a Spanish brand, a Nazi-sympathising falangist built it into an empire, Nissan swallowed it, and the Chinese just brought it back Stop a hundred random British or American car enthusiasts on the street, ask them where Henry Ford ran factories outside the United States, and most will say Britain (Dagenham). … Read more
Ferrari F40: The Car That Was Born So Five Prototypes Wouldn’t End Up In The Scrapyard Everything you’ve been told about the origin of the Ferrari F40 is half-true. That it was Enzo’s gift to celebrate forty years of the factory. That it was the answer to Porsche and the 959. That it was the … Read more
Ford Mustang GTD: the Mustang that wasn’t supposed to exist Three hundred and twenty-eight thousand dollars. For a Mustang. Read it again. No typo. A Ford Mustang costs, today, more than a Porsche 911 GT3 RS. More than a base McLaren 750S. More than an Aston Martin Vantage did not long ago. And the guy … Read more
ASTON MARTIN LAGONDA: THE DISASTER THAT INVENTED THE FUTURE In the spring of 1978, during a press demonstration at Woburn Abbey, smoke began rising from the dashboard of a brand-new Aston Martin Lagonda. Executives had to push the car out of sight while journalists grinned and took notes. That single moment tells you everything about … Read more
GIAMARO KATLA: 2,157 HP, FOUR TURBOS, ZERO ELECTRONS — AND A QUIET ANSWER TO A LOUD POLITICAL DEMAND The headline number is the easy part. Two thousand one hundred and fifty-seven horsepower, from a 6,988 cc V12 with four turbochargers, no hybrid assistance of any kind. A seven-speed manual gearbox driving the rear wheels. A … Read more
ALFA ROMEO B.A.T. 5, 7 AND 9 — WHEN ITALY INVENTED THE FUTURE WITH WOOL THREAD Turin, 1953. A man tapes wool threads all over a car’s bodywork. He drives it onto the road. Another car follows alongside, photographing it at speed. When they return to the workshop, the man studies the photos. He looks … Read more
Buick GSX: the muscle car that won the war and never made the highlight reel Picture Chris Harris stood next to a 1970 muscle car for a vintage shootout. He’d reach for the Hemi Cuda. He’d reach for the LS6 Chevelle. He’d absolutely reach for the 1970 Boss 429 because the entire Anglo motoring brain … Read more
