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BMW N52 straight-six – lightweight and modern engine

Engine guide - Inside the N52 straight-six. A look inside this high-tech, lightweight straight-six. Words: Elizabeth de Latour. Photos: BMW, ECS Tuning. ...

Tech Guide – all about oil

Tech Guide. Understanding all about oil. Lubrication System: Oil. Words: Gerry Speechley. Photos: Paul Cowland, BP. As discussed at length last month, the oil in...

BMW 2000CS – through the decades and years

Living in the Shadow - the very rare BMW 2000CS was the predecessor to the E9 Coupé but was it any good?  Just about...

Mercedes-Benz 350SL and 500SL – two V8 powered R107 from the beginning and end of production

Two V8 powered R107 SLs from the beginning and end of production make very different impressions. Why would anyone feel the need to own two...

Mercedes-Benz SL400 R231 2015

First drive Mercedes-Benz SL400 R231 2015 – base player. At just over £70,000, the V6 bitubo powered SL has serious competition in the market....

Buying guide – sexual Healeys

Austin Powers, or why 2015 is the right time to consider buying a Big Healey before prices really take off. We look at this...

Fast Friend

Francis Stanislaus. It’s been a while since I thought of the guy. He was — is — a childhood friend, some years older than me. There are people you always remember from your early days. Many years later, if you’re lucky, you realise that your paths were meant to cross. Without them to nudge you in the right direction at a given crossroads in time, who knows how it all might have unfolded? Now, that can be a good thing or a bad one. And, growing up, there were more than enough people who believed the latter when it came to Francis.

Evolution of the Goddess – Citroën DS

Magic Carpet. The year 2015 marks 60 years since the debut of the trendsetting Citroën DS, a car that still looked modern when it...

Mercedes-Benz SL R107 and Jaguar XJ-S

Open Season - Mercedes-Benz SL R107 and Jaguar XJ-S compare. Which of these two iconic convertibles from the Eighties, the XJ-S convertible and R107...

Twin Test: Volkswagen Golf GTI II v BMW 325i E30

30 years of the yuppie favourites. Twin Test: Golf GTI v BMW 325i. Two yuppie icons, both launched in the UK 30 years ago...

Rare 1983 Honda Civic S

New tricks logbook: Honda Civic S. With a screaming 246bhp B18C engine transplant from a DC2 Honda Integra under the bonnet, this rare 1983...

Ford Fiesta Zetec – road and track test

That was pretty much our impression when we were first in the presence of Eric Falce’s earth-shattering little Fiesta plaything. Fiesta De La Vida...
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