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IT SEEMS TO have become a tradition that a flurry of new restomods and hypercars is launched just before Christmas and the New Year, and 2025 has been no exception. Leading the charge in terms of impa

Wait, what… another restomod? Any fatigue is extinguished the nanosecond you set eyes on the Encor Series 1. Sounds like a photocopier, but rare indeed is the car that looks this good straight out of

THINK RESTOMOD AND INEVITABLY US-based Singer springs to mind, its Porsche 911s having cemented themselves at the top of the resto-tree for more than a decade. There are others, of course, from Kimera

WHAT YOU SHOULD be reading is how Mark Dixon enjoyed driving his recently purchased Rover in France after graciously accepting a press invitation to the Champagne region – which is full of culture, ar

We’ve seen thousands of your classics at events across the UK this year. These are the ones that really stood out for us – is your car on the list?

I WAS MOST interested to read Stephen Bayley’s assessment of the smart [above]in Octane 271. I have a very personal interest because I was directly involved in the beginning of the project at Swatch.