40 years ago today - April 1980’s issue of CAR

40 Years Ago Today Did Fiat, Volkswagen, Talbot, Vauxhall, Peugeot or Renault win CAR’s first hot-hatch megatest back in 1980? In April 1980, CAR gathered

Moscow looked to the United States for the car to carry its elite

Looking more like a plane than a car, the ill-fated but fascinating Feora is given a second airing in this month’s From Here to

An enduring engineer whose work helped develop both road and race cars, Peter Falk’s stamp on the 911’s legacy is everlasting. Written by Mark MST-Jack

Taking a break from the American-Italian exotica so beloved of Richard Heseltine’s column, this month he turns his attention to something one per cent pure

This dandy of a designer created objects both influential and execrable, and coined the idea of planned obsolescence. Words Delwyn

A brave effort that took the ‘hot’ out of hot rod

The red London bus, Beefeaters, red phone boxes, Coldstream Guards and Tower Bridge – all conjure up a tourist’s snapshot of London. More than that, though,

This was Michelotti’s very first work for Triumph, a brand, with which he would enjoy a decades-long relationship. Story by Richard

Most of the modern cars we now own are piston-engined. Some, increasingly, are hybrid, fully electric, maybe even fuelled by hydrogen. But back in the late

Last month I promised I’d share a thought or two about driving the Porsche 961 – the one-off racing version of the 959 that got binned at Le Mans in 1987

How F1s costs could be reduced while keeping it competitive troubled CAR in 1970, but a new outfit had a bold solution…

One of the most successful new cars ever dreamed up happens to be one of the most horrific secondhand. Words Tony Middlehurst.

Although it was clear from its 1948 British Motor Show debut that the XK 120 would be a quick car, Jaguar still needed to prove it. It first did so when Ron

How do you follow up the gorgeous 406 Coupe? With the distinctly un-gorgeous 407 Coupe. It didn’t go well. Words Tony Middlehurst.

Evans looks at the enduring appeal of the traditional American station wagon…