A selection of icons from BMW M's 50 years of sporting excellence took to the Goodwood hillclimb for the Festival of Speed from 23-26 June, including 3.0 CSL 'Batmobiles', a DTM E30 M3 and a brace of M1s. 'M' projects from other marques also took part, including two 'Longtail' McLaren F1 GTRs and the Brabham-BMW BT52 Formula One car.
The link continued elsewhere, not only with the global premier of the first M3 Touring, but also in the Cartier Style et Luxe concourse. Here, the 30th anniversary of the McLaren F1 was commemorated with its own class, including the first road-legal F1 GTR Longtail - originally prepared for road use by engineering firm Lanzante and Gordon Murray Design.
The centenary of the Austin Seven, which was BMW's first car when built under licence as the Dixi, also featured as a class: 10 variants of the little car included one of two examples bodied by Maythorn & Son. Built in the Biggleswade coachworks, both were sent to America, with the car n display having covered just 6000 miles since 1927, used primarily to drive around the owner's estate. The other was delivered to Joseph Pulitzer, of Pulitzer Prize fame.
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A Breath of Fresh Air- Alfa Romeo's exotic, V8-powered Montreal was like nothing the marque had made before, but can it compare with a Porsche masterpiece, the 911S 2.4?
The stereotype of the ItaloGermanic automotive rivalry is that the Latin car will be brilliant to drive, but poorly built and ergonomically flawed, while the Teutonic will be the opposite. Yet these 2+2 sports coupés both ran against orthodoxy. In the Montreal, Alfa Romeo created an outlandish-looking two-door more comfortable, more powerful and more refined than anything it had produced for decades. Meanwhile, Porsche continued to refine its back-to-front, austere and increasingly aged 911. Neither took a traditional development path, but both created thrilling and individual cars that have echoed through the decades.
Daring to be diminutive
AMC's Gremlin and Pacer, and Ford's much-derided Pinto, led America's response to the threat of imported European compacts
THE LONG WAY ROUND
There is a great tradition of overland trips by Land-Rover, but the tale of this 70s Aussie epic and the car itself was discovered by chance
Handsome cab
The Phantom V limousine marked the beginning of the end for coachbuilder James Young, but this Rolls-Royce represents the craft at its very best
DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES
Racing for their own F1 teams brought some drivers success and an enduring legacy. For others, it turned into a nightmare
20 30 LITRES CYLINDERS, 400BHP......AND MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD
Thunderous torque, flame-spitting stub-exhausts, white-knuckle thrills - and hopefully no spills - aboard a trio of Edwardian racing titans
ICON.
The three top-selling vehicles in the USA in 2023 were pick-ups, topped by the Ford F-Series. This is the truck that started it all
Blurred Lines
lan 'Del' Lines blended the V8 burble of Triumph's open GT with real practicality in his Stag V8 saloons and estates
Home of the brave
The innovative Silverstone proved a hit with keen amateur drivers. To mark its 75th, Healey's club racer returns to the circuit for which it is named
PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES
Alfa Romeo's wild RZ eschewed the jellymould styling of the period to offer a striking, wedge-shaped take on open-topped performance motoring
