Ford Capri: the Cortina in a tuxedo that humbled BMW and Alfa Romeo For a car that spent two decades being mocked as a hairdresser’s motor, the Ford Capri has a remarkable secret hiding under its skin. Underneath that long-bonneted, fastback glamour sat a humble Ford Cortina. The most ordinary of family saloons. And with … Read more
Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA: The Most Successful European Touring Car in History Nobody Quite Names Correctly Two hundred and five kilograms. That’s the weight difference between a 1965 Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT — the kind you might have seen parked outside a Bologna café — and an Alfa Romeo Giulia GTA, the car this … Read more
BMW 3.0 CSL Batmobile: The Car BMW Sold You With the Wing Dismantled in the Boot There’s a photograph that circulates in BMW collector circles of a German customer in 1974 taking delivery of his brand-new 3.0 CSL. He opens the boot. Inside, lying neatly across the carpet, are three pieces of black-painted aluminium — … Read more
