The Mercedes-Benz Universal’s cabin is solidly functional, the vertical speedo being the only unusual touch In addition to ...

Launched in 2016, it’s essentially a Giulia Quadrifoglio with a BMW X3-sized SUV body on top. It has just been refreshed for ...

Marketed as a ‘924 GTP’, Porsche’s four-cylinder entry at Le Mans in 1981 was in fact a thinly disguised prototype of the 944 ...

The idea of two stylish open-top sports cars entering this chaos and making it through to production appeared to be an almost impossible ambition. Yet the Fiat Barchetta and Alfa Romeo 916 Spider ...

This was not a car evolved with the ruthless calculation underpinning, say, a Ford Cortina. Yet it had a coherent logic of its own, both aesthetically and commercially. Tying the proportions of the ...

In an attempt to reduce these speeds, a 3-litre engine capacity limit was introduced, effectively banning the 917 from competition. But anyone who thought the model’s career was finished was in for a ...

The concept had been previewed before WW2 – open-topped versions of the KdF Wagen had been seen as early as 1936 – but not until 1949 did this officially sanctioned drophead conversion get the green ...

The process started in 2010 and, inevitably, the rot was worse than it first appeared. A lot of new metal was needed, including floors, rear quarters, inner rear arches, one complete rear wing and ...

Their children would see a ride in the car as a treat and the vehicle itself as a thing of wonder, even if the car-spotters among them might have been bored by the home-grown homogeny of other traffic ...

This off-road event pitted the London Motor Club against the British Army Motoring Association at a military training base near Aldershot. Clark, competing for the London MC, got bogged down in one of ...

The Mercedes was 500lb heavier (as a five-door), but with a 25bhp power advantage over the Range Rover and a four-speed automatic ʼbox against the Britʼs three-speed. Road testers reported that the ...

To this end, the 540i’s M62 V8 was expanded to such a degree that crossflow water jackets were required to keep the narrow spaces between the 94mm bores cool, while its forged pistons featured valve ...