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Unveiled some 45+ years ago, the Mercedes-Benz LE 306 light van was a forward-thinking electric vehicle. With the message, "Mercedes-Benz - eco-friendly

The British car industry has had its eccentric characters, but few as extravagantly and ludicrously colourful as this. Words Dale

Vignale Record Sperimentale 1000. A wind-cheating concept car that was built to break records. Story by Chris Rees.

As ever, the peerless John Robinson clouted several nails on the head when he tested the newly launched Suzuki Hayabusa at Catalunya with its 1km main drag.

Race on Sunday… The Maserati MC12 was built to dominate. Fifteen years since it broke cover, here's how it did it. Words Nathan Chadwick. Photography Jordan

WO Bentley is a name as instant a symbol of ‘British-ness’ as Burberry, Barbour and Aston Martin. There’s a historic and somewhat ironic link between

It could have been the most advanced Rover, but the P8’s grand designs instead brought about its demise Words Jon Pressnell. Photography BMIHT/Author/Giles

Ambition and agony. In the early 1950s, David Brown hatched plans for a V12-engined race car to beat Ferrari at Le Mans. This is the story of what might

Too radical for its homeland and too antiquated for Europe, the STS took an early Transatlantic bath.

Life, death, beauty, heroism, Hitler and the 190mph Mercedes. This year, Mercedes celebrates 125 years of racing. Its greatest car? Dick Seaman’s impossibly

That’s a long title for a long race from the east coast to the west coast of America. This unusual idea was inspired by the pioneering cross-country

Showing BMW the way. Racing and Alpina went hand in hand, as poacher turned gamekeeper. Words Jack Phillips. Photography Alpina/Motorsport

It began as a 3D viewer for tourist sites, then joined the war effort, became a toy and helped train doctors. Words Delwyn Mallett.

Cadillac’s barnstorming win in this year’s Daytona 24 Hours eclipsed the marque’s earlier, more modest success in international sports car racing. Richard

The irony was never lost on me that some of the fittest sportsmen on the planet in the 1980s and 1990s were backed by cigarette companies. Words: Bertie

Start with one of the pre-eminent names in Italian coachbuilding. Add in the elegant form of a landaulet. What could possibly go wrong? Story by Chris