‘ford knew it was in trouble with this car’

Road users had best be careful if they don’t want to incur the wrath of that police constable for over-revving their engines

We’ve landed in North Wales for a bit of car- and train-spotting, where the Griffins and Blue Ovals face a Bavarian interloper

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

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

As two -door, four-seat V8 -engined coupes that both arrived in 1998, the Jaguar XKR and Maserati 3200GT have much in common . So which do we prefer ; British grunt or Italian style ?

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