Lost in the archive

I enjoyed Martin Buckleyʼs article on the BMW 328 and SS Jaguar 100 (February). The rear view of the 328 was especially evocative for me, because it revived memories of when my dad entered his 1934 M4

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

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

Martin Brundle, Derek Warwick and David Brabham all pick out the 3.5-litre V8 Jaguar XJR-14 among the finest racing cars they ever drove. Ross Brawn’s design for Tom Walkinshaw Racing ‘only’ won three

When I was 19, I was carrying out my nightly duty of taking my then girlfriend’s dog for a summer evening’s stroll along a certain Warwickshire high street. I happened on a Rosso Corsa Ferrari Testaro

Something is not right. Racing cars are meant to be more difficult to drive than road cars; extra power and performance but less harnessed, so trickier to access and control than with the engineering