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1935 Bugatti Type 59/50S

Lifelong Bugatti enthusiast Ray Jones owned a record- breaking Bugatti engine and the frame of a fabled works Type 59. So his son built...

In this month: April 1937 – First ground test of Whittle’s jet engine

The speed of the modern world would not exist or function without the jet engine. That might be a bold statement, but it’s a...

Tony Ludovico’s is the only Alfa 6 2.0 6C in the UK

Tony Ludovico’s is the only Alfa-Romeo Alfa 6 2.0 6C in the UK. Words and photography Paul Hardiman.

EU parliament votes to save motorsport

Motorsport has escaped its insurance jeopardy, just. The EU Parliament’s Internal Market and Consumer Protection committee (IMCO) recently voted though amendments to a directive...

2013 Aston Martin DB9 Spyder Zagato Centennial

The birthday present. Created for an American collector to mark Aston's centenary, this DB9 is part of a soon-to-be-completed Zagato trilogy. Words Mark Dixon....

1984 Audi Quattro A2

It’s 30 years since Hannu Mikkola won the Drivers’ World Rally Championship in a Group B Audi Quattro. To celebrate, Octane joined him on...

1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Speciale

Ferrari 750 Monza ‘Ice Racer’ tested. Only four cylinders, not 12, but ‘The Ice Racer’ is every inch a proper competition Ferrari. This is...

1968 Ford Mustang Shelby Green Hornet – 455bhp 7.0-litre V8 monster road test

This is no ordinary Mustang. A one-off created by Shelby American and dubbed The Green Horne t by superstar Bill Cosby, it was bid...

Roger Moore drove this 1967 Volvo P1800S Coupe in ’60s TV series The Saint

Volvo P1800S On set in The Saint’s film car. The Saint Volvo P1800S. On-set at The Saint remake - in Roger Moore’s '60s screen...

1973 Dino 246GT vs. 1979 Ferrari Dino 308GT4

Baby Boomers. Ferrari’s original 1960s baby has become a high-value mainstay on every collector’s wishlist. What’s the fate of its arguably better but more...

1962 Chrysler Valiant R-Series

Dictionary definition of ‘Valiant’: possessing or showing courage in hopeless situation, as in, ‘it was courageous of the automaker Plymouth to name a car...

1934 Bugatti Aerolithe Recreation

Bugatti Aerolithe. Painstaking story of the quest to recreate the Atlantic prototype. Long-lost prototype recreated in magnesium. Master restorer David Grainger undertook an astonishing...
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