911 hero: Tony Lapine

911 icon Anatole Lapine was a pioneering designer who had a close relationship with Porsche for decades. Head of Porsche Design for almost 20 years, we take

 Many people had an original Mini as a first car. Many more have travelled in one. It’s a proper design icon, and a cultural one that symbolises

During the 917’s competitive life Porsche continued to develop and experiment. Our technical editor looks at some of those iterations, focusing on the 917K.

A brave toe in the water: the first ‘rotary’ car sold to the general public

DOA: Lamborghini Canto. In the first of a new series looking at Drive-My cars that didn't quite make production, it's the Diablo replacement that some

Because of the miracles he worked with cars the size of teacups, they called him The Magician. Words Dale Drinnon.

Some big shoes to fill. A strange footnote in Ford’s history, the Probe’s notoriety far outshines its terrible sales figures. But the car that almost killed

Mike Gould casts a critical eye over the second-generation Range Rover’s history. The P38 Range Rover had big boots to fill, but with technology way ahead

‘R6’ retraces its steps with Gijs van Lennep in Italy

Jim Randle, the former director of product engineering at Jaguar, best known for helping save the marque in the British Leyland era and bringing the

Tony tracks down a rare and unusual Oldsmobile at a local show and reflects on the model’s history and a shadowy historical connection…

Who’d want a bloated land-yacht with monstrous performance and mini mpg? Not many, it turned out... Words Tony Middlehurst.

Recent record temperatures have taxed car cooling systems to new limits. Most modern cars can cope, and with their air-con on you’re hardly aware of the

The lines of the Porsche 911 are one of its de­fining features; its silhouette is a product of evolution rather than revolution. One of these lines was,

Gas turbine racing cars? Yes, that really was a thing in the Sixties and briefly it looked as if it was the future, as Richard Heseltine uncovers the story

In 1966, the Italian coachbuilder Pietro Frua transformed an S-type chassis into a cool, stylish two-door coupe. Since his hopes of putting the car into