We blast off in lamborghini’s 180mph spaceship

WHY IS A SUPERCAR that offers drivers an almost masochistic experience so important as to merit such a fanfare? Well, yes, it’s true that there are elements of the Countach that make driving it a chal

It is a beautiful day on the shores of Lake Maggiore, although a summer storm is bruising the sky as I drive out in this 1986 Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole. If every Countach is a special c

ONE OF THE problems that car designers have when visiting a motor show is talking to other designers. Not about the weather but about each other’s work. Former students in senior positions at well-kno

The exquisitely detailed 1927 Rolls-Royce ‘Phantom of Love’ captured Best in Show at the Concours of Elegance, held at Hampton Court Palace from 5-7 September. Commissioned by Woolworth’s financial di

WALTER RENALDO SMILES at me, his round glasses on his round face doing little to disguise the physical strength of this 74-year-old, a characteristic that is still very evident in his thick forearms t

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’