I’d always wanted a maserati merak

I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway

I “t’s what I call a ‘yes, but’ car,” says Danny McLean of his Renault Caravelle Convertible 1100. “Yes, it has brakes, but they have no servo. Yes, it has steering, but it’s not power-assisted. Peopl

MY NAME IS Mark and I have a confession. I’ve never driven a Miura. Or, at least, until a couple of weeks ago I hadn’t. While that may seem like a ridiculously pretentious statement, as a time-served

One howls and buzzes, and the other snorts and hammers. In both cases, you make them sing their song by way of a deliciously mechanical manual gearbox. These truly are two of the most exciting powertr

My father had a CS BMW. It was from the E9 generation, and it dated from around 1972. It was beautiful and I loved going in it as a child but really he knew what we all knew: it was the wrong car. Its

‘When the owner came over to Italy and saw the finished car, we surprised him by having Valentino Balboni come and drive him in it. That was quite an experience for him, to have his freshly restored M