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RETRO revivals are one of the biggest trends in the car industry right now – along with the seemingly obligatory LED lightbars, and a renewed focus on hybridisation as buyer interest for EVs lags behi

THERE’S CLEARLY a love for Gordon Murray and his obsession with lightweight and fit-for-purpose cars among Octane writers and readers alike. There has also been a bit of coverage of the first hybrid c

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

Fair to say I’ve always been a Lotus Elise fan. Lightweight, apparently simple yet deceptively, even archly intelligent in concept, it redefined Lotus for its era. It’s incredible to think that the El

A Mk1 Lotus Elise… ish ► If you ...

Special edition gains a bodykit and keeps all the good stuff