Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale: the most beautiful car ever made? There is a certain kind of claim that gets repeated so often in car magazines that it loses its meaning. “The most beautiful car ever made.” Top Gear has said it. Chris Harris has said it. Pebble Beach jurors say it every time a 33 … Read more
Renault Sport Spider: The Car That Dared to Take Your Windscreen Away Picture a product meeting at Renault in the mid-1990s. Someone stands up and says: “Let’s build a two-seater. No roof. No windscreen. We’ll fit an air deflector instead, and we’ll tell customers to wear a crash helmet on the road.” In any sane … Read more
The Supercar That Dared to Be Comfortable: The Maserati Bora’s Secret French Heart Ask any supercar of 1971 the questions that actually mattered to an owner and you’d usually get a sneer. Can I climb in without wrecking my back? Can I drive it for two hours without going deaf? Can I park it without … Read more
Chrysler Built a 194 MPH Pace Car With a K-Car Engine, Then Lent It to a Charlie Sheen Movie The Dodge M4S Turbo Interceptor was a real Le Mans-spec prototype. Hollywood borrowed it. And an assistant cameraman never came home. Clarkson built half his Top Gear career on a simple premise: most cars that look … Read more
The Golf That Volkswagen Was Too Scared to Build VW Golf GTI W12-650: A Bentley Engine, Lamborghini Axle, Audi RS4 Brakes, and the Most Terrifying Hot Hatch Ever Created — Built in Two Months Section: Builds & Swaps | Not Enough Cylinders Every major automaker has a parts bin. But only one ever had a … Read more
The Spanish Phoenix: The Complete Story of Domingo Ochoa and the GTA Spano There is a myth that transcends civilizations and has fascinated humanity since the dawn of memory: the Phoenix, a legendary creature that burns to ashes and rises from them stronger, brighter, more unstoppable than before. The Phoenix is real. He is Spanish. … Read more
Lancia 037: The Last RWD King of Rally Lancia 037: The Last Rear-Wheel Drive Car to Win the Rally World Championship. Nobody Has Done It Since. Some records exist to inform. Others exist to humiliate. The Lancia 037‘s record belongs in the second category. World Rally Championship Constructors’ title in 1983. Last rear-wheel drive car … Read more
