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IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat

The mercury is climbing steadily into the high twenties, and above us the blue sky is dotted with only a smattering of little fluffy clouds. At last, summer is here. Better still, we’ve got the scener

Price new: £265,937 Price now: £800,000 Engine: 6.5-litre V12 Transmission: Six-speed manual, four-wheel drive Power/torque: 661bhp/660Nm 0-62mph: 3.2 seconds Top speed: 212mph (209mph with aero kit)

This is a dismayingly experimental period when it comes to one particular aspect of car design that impacts upon absolutely all of us: door handles. My god. I feel like I used to understand them. Now

Extremely glamorous Ripe for the Amalfi coast. ...

As he’s a designer with six decades of experience, mostly at the pinnacle of road and race cars, you might expect Gordon Murray’s car collection to include big-ticket Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Marti