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Mick WALSH

'Had someone said that this worn-looking titan would win the most famous old-car event, we would have laughed'

ALFA ROMEO STELVIO QF

Rewriting the rulebook on what an SUV can do, and how it can make you feel

FLOATING INTO THE FUTURE

Citroën's DS-replacing CX was at a cutting edge so sharp it still looks fresh today, and it had the drive to match - as five superb survivors reveal

"It's a car for posing in really"

Broadcaster Michael Buerk reflects on more than three decades with his beloved Jaguar E-type S1 3.8 fixed-head coupé

HONDAS DECK THE HALL

The Japanese firm's Los Angeles collection is now on public display for the first time in two decades

ABSOLUTELY buzzing

Honda's Si Civics brought agile, cheap fun to motorists long before the Type R name got anywhere near a hatchback

THE FEMININE TOUCH

In 1955, General Motors styling guru Harley Earl brought 11 talented women into the male-dominated world of automotive design. What was their lasting impact?

Out on a limb

Panther's innovative Solo 2 was something completely different, both for its maker and the sports car market

Restyles with substance

Panther Westwinds blended a passion for pre-war designs with modern-era mechanical usability and remarkably fine coachbuilding

Dead ringers

The Maserati Kyalami and De Tomaso Longchamp share much, having emerged from the same stable, but are poles apart at heart

WALKER'S GALLIC WARRIOR

Raced at the highest level well into its teens, this remarkable Delahaye 135CS was bought three times by a legendary Grand Prix privateer

Unleashed!

The dawn of the hypercar was about more than raw speed, and few convey its sense of shock and awe like the Pagani Zonda and Koenigsegg CCXR

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

From little acorn s...

The feisty Visa Trophée was an unlikely Group B rallying candidate, and a stepping stone towards Citroën's WRC supremacy

FORD RANGER RAPTOR

OTT workhorse is a kid-pleasing head-turner that mixes business with pleasure

MERCEDES-BENZ SL (R230)

The tech-heavy SL is becoming a sought-after classic with increasing specialist support

By Royal appointment

The overhauled Middlebridge Scimitar continuation was championed by Princess Anne with this, her eighth and final GTE

African Queen

A 1500-mile road trip has retraced this Morris Minor's history, from its first owner to its rediscovered remains, 54 years ago

NOT SO HACKNEYED CARRIAGE

Never mind today’s bloated Chelsea tractors, for millionaire Nubar Gulbenkian the perfect transport for the streets of 60s London was a bespoke black cab

Leading fromthe front

In the 1990s coupé boom, Toyota, Rover and Mazda scrabbled for power with race-inspired tuning, turbocharging and a sophisticated V6

EAST COAST HOME  BREW

When ambitious racer Walt Hansgen was unable to buy a new Jaguar C-type, he set out to build his own. How does it measure up?