T here’s some beef here. Or rather, pork. When the current 911 GT3 RS landed, it appeared Porsche – Zuffenhausen, the mothership – had finally pinned motorsport satellite Manthey into a development de

Not often, in the realm of full Autocar road tests, do we focus our attention on the convertible version of a performance car. On the weighbridge these derivatives are invariably heavier, against the

a black GMA T.50S Niki Lauda just to my right. It’s tucked inside a shuttered pit box, raised on air jacks, centrelock wheels and slicks set off to the side. It looks shockingly tiny but has a presenc

You can question the philosophy of bestowing convertible status – and perhaps also four-wheel drive – on the GT3 understudy that is the latest Carrera GTS. What you cannot argue against is the efficac

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Anew world order was emerging in the British sports-car industry by 1980. British Leyland had failed to replace many of its long-playing favourites, such as the Jaguar E-type, MGB and Triumph Stag, le