THERE’S always a sense of trepidation when you approach a ‘hardcore’ supercar, especially one with prancing horses on its front wings. These cars take no prisoners. They’re intense, uncompromising and

There are facts the first-time 296 Speciale pilot needs to consider. One is that this car has the lowest polar moment of inertia of any current Ferrari. Another is that it is the most powerful purely

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Has there ever been a model so enigmatic yet charismatic, so awash with magical beauty and talent as the Alfa Romeo Type 33? On the track, Carlo Chiti’s 1966 design took a couple of years to find its

My wife once asked me: if you could have any car you want, what would it be? I said I didn’t know but it would probably be green and slightly impractical and that’s what I ended up with!” Steve Rooke

Exactly two years ago we previewed the Bonhams sale of a Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 that Niki Lauda drove to second place in the 1984 Nürburgring Race of Champions organised by the marque to celebrate