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1973 Porsche 911 group test – the full S.E.T

1973 Porsche 911 group test - the full S.E.T. The E- and F-programme 2.4-litre 911s from 1972 and 1973 were graded into three specifications:...

Peugeot 205GTi Test-Drive

Peugeot 205GTi 1984 Test-Drive. It’s difficult to adopt the correct mind-set to recreate the impact the 205 GTi first had, given how familiar the...

Ferrari 288 GTO 1984 Test-Drive

Ferrari 288 GTO 1984 Test-Drive. It’s odd to think that one of 1984’s most advanced cars also looked so familiar, but Ferrari had been...

Toyota MR2 Test-Drive

Toyota MR2 Test-Drive. Popular opinion has it that the hot hatch killed the sports car in the Eighties, but the Toyota MR2 not only...

Top 10 cars to restore in 2014

Top 10 cars to restore in 2014. A lack of perfect examples, rising values and new trends favouring previously overlooked models can make certain...

Austin-Healey 3000

The list – it would be wonderful to own a car like this. Drive-My reader Malcolm Fortnam sent us a wishlist packed with multi-cylindered...

Giant Test – Ferrari 288 GTO, Toyota MR2, Peugeot 205 GTi, TVR 390SE, BMW M535i E28 and Buick Grand National Turbo

Stars of 1984. It was The Year of the Scalded Cat; the year when high-performance cars ruled supreme. We drive six classics that really...

Lamborghini Diablo buyers guide

6 steps to buying the best Lamborghini Diablo. Uncompromising to drive and to own. Buy well to avoid bank account meltdown. Words: ADAM TOWLER...

Marcus Dean’s passion for XL-sized classic cars

The Collector - I just don’t like small cars. Marcus Dean’s passion for XL-sized classics started with fine establishment names like Rolls-Royce and Bentley, but when his attention crossed the Atlantic, his collection blossomed. Words: NIGEL BOOTHMAN Photography: LAURENS PARS.

John Rhodes – my life in cars

My life in cars. I have always adored the internal combustion engine and everything that goes with it.  John behind the wheel of a...

Borgward Isabella TS vs Volvo PV544 Special II

Borgward Isabella TS vs Volvo PV544 Special II – how the west was won. What does your car say about you? Young, upwardly mobile...

1959 Bentley Continental S1 epic restoration

1959 Bentley Continental S1 epic restoration – the owner wanted a nine-month deadline. The car however had other ideas. I sought it might be possible – if we were lucky. It took one Bentley specialist six years just to buy this car - then he was asked to do a total restoration in only nine months. Words: Nigel Boothman Photography: Laurens Parsons.

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