Kings of the castle

Marking 25 years since Ford's shock move to end car production at Dagenham, we look at what happened and what came next

Most cities are harsh, noisy and aggressive in character. Those who can will do their best to insulate themselves from the cut ’n’ thrust of the urban jungle, and this includes their choice of motor v

Our recent British V8s test (July) got me thinking about the failed attempts to give British saloons of the ’60s eight-pot power. No true barge was not improved by a V8, but only Rover had the momentu

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Design is not a democracy.” Such a bold statement, wonderfully out of tune with modern group-think, could only apply to a car as radical as the Lotus Esprit. These words were only uttered today by Gio

1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti