The most surprising car of the ’90s

THE WELSH FARMER IS NONE TOO IMPRESSED with our group of 1990s icons. Reckons we’re always up here causing a nuisance, driving like idiots and making too much bloody noise. John Barker is patiently ex

Power/engine size: 485bhp/7.0-litre Engine/gearbox: V8/four-speed manual 0-62/top speed: 4.2 seconds/215mph Price new/price now: N/A/£10,000,000 EVERYONE knows the story: in 1963, Ford tried to buy Fe

The Ferrari F50 is 30. Yet even today it is apparently impossible to judge it other than in the context of the F40. For this story we started planning with only the F50 in mind and then garnished it w

The V8 came of age in the USA, but historically America has by no means been its only home, nor the source of some of its greatest exponents. British car makers also saw the layout’s appeal, and while

The Esprit is 50. Helped by dedicated owners and the people who created it, we tell the story of the Lotus that dared to be different

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