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August’s Silverstone Festival will play host to a massive 50th birthday bash for the Lotus Esprit – we drive each generation to get a sense of what makes this sports car so special

RM SOTHEBY’S, CLIVEDEN HOUSE. 8 JULY

ACA, KING’S LYNN. 14-15 JUNE

We think of the Porsche 911 as being the stalwart of the junior supercar world, but after 28 years and more than 10,000 sales, the Lotus Esprit in all its guises was probably the closest contender. An

For its inaugural auction held during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend (p12), Broad Arrow’s 24-25 May event at the nearby Villa Erba estate produced a remarkable reflection of the show car

BONHAMS GOODWOOD FESTIVAL OF SPEED. 11 JULY