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Each decade has its superhero who outshine all other contemporaries. An encounter with the sportscar milestones from the 1960s to 2000s

Buying Guide Follow our seven steps to buying the best TVR Tuscan Speed Six – you can buy this sports-car thriller without fear. 7 StepsTo BuyingThe BestTvr Tuscan Speed Six. The Tuscan offers supercar performance for £20-£60k. Here’s how to choose wisely.Words Malcolm Mckay. Photography John Colley.

The Bowden family’s collection of touring car racers includes a Bathurst. 1000-winning Ford Sierra RS500, numerous ex-Peter Brock Holdens and a BMW M1 Procar. ‘It’s exactly as it raced in 1979, stonechips and all’ David Bowden and his sons Dan and Chris came back from financial disaster to build up an enviable collection of historic road and race cars. Words Stewart Perry. Photography Ross Perry.

Life Cycle Executive client-pleaser, scourge of Cold War border guards and occasional bovine lavatory – Hugh Cantlie’s E3 BMW 3.0S has done it all in 42 years of single ownership.  This BMW 3.0S has overcome unwanted bovine and border guard attentions and is still with its first owner 42 years later.   Bought new to impress business clients, this BMW has smuggled friends across borders, been assaulted by a cow and is still with its original owner. Words Rob Scorah. Photography Johnathan Jacob.

Epic Restoration. Most would think twice about rescuing any fire-damaged classic, but a Lamborghini Countach? Keys Motorsport looks back on its most daunting restoration. One family's determination to bring a fire-damaged Lamborghini Countach back to life. ‘The carburettors had melted into the valve guides’ Terry Keys promised his sons they would one day drive his Lamborghini Countach. However, life intervened, he sold it and then it caught fire. But all was not lost. Here's how Terry fulfilled that promise. Words Sam Dawson. Photography Alex Tapley.