How close we came to a volkswagen supercar

The Saturday before last, an email hit my inbox bearing news that the Bugatti Chiron’s production car speed record was toast. This was notable for two reasons. First, Saturday is an odd time for a big

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

Alfasud designer Giorgetto Giugiaro was given carte blanche by Volkswagen to design the Golf, the Italian chosen because he’d studied manufacturing methods. The car entered production with minimal cha

Two decades ago, Autocar drove the Veyron for the first time – and it blew us away. “The noise – a peculiar cacophony that sounds a bit like two TVRs on full reheat plus an industrial-strength air hos

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

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