The man who reached for the skyline

For years, some of the more committed car makers had been quietly logging Nürburgring Nordschleife lap times for internal benchmarking and the odd press release. But then in 2008, Porsche suggested Ni

You become detached from reality quite quickly at an event such as the Supercar Driver Secret Meet, which took place at Silverstone on 17 June. Lamborghini Murciélago? Yawn. Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren?

Paul Atkinson’s damaged Datsun 240Z racer was one of the earliest 240Zs built. But how would restoration balance originality with the fact it had been fettled by the legendary Spike Anderson?

I ACHIEVIED MOTORSPORT SUCCESS ON MY OWN TERMS

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

The classics you love, drive and restore