Amid impossible financial odds in 1974, Aston Martin opportunistically sought to usurp an equally sickly Rolls-Royce with this Lagonda prototype. It arguably saved the company

Bugatti’s official story is that the seed of the Veyron was planted in 1997. VW Group boss Ferdinand Piëch and his powertrain chief Karl-Heinz Neumann were on a Japanese train brewing up engine ideas.

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Further to the Aston Vantage and Ford Capri story (January), I thought my experience of the original X-Pack Capri may be of interest. I started an apprenticeship at FoMoCo in 1974 including various pl

BRENT, NORTH LONDON

An A-road transport cafe circa 1958, the atmosphere thick with intrigue and cheap-cigar fumes. The waitress, a twin for comedy starlet Liz Fraser, scowls at the attempts of four businessmen at the win