American dreaming

FORD MUSTANG GTD

ON AVERAGE, PALM SPRINGS GETS AS little as five inches of rainfall per year, but today all of it seems to have arrived at once. Hours earlier we were being baked by intense 40-degree heat, but thick g

‘THE FIRST FAT, HEAVY DROPS FALL LAZILY FROM the sky and drum on the roof of the Porsche like dried peas on a biscuit tin; clearly, there’s no sound deadening behind the roof lining.’ Not my words but

A road trip is a joyous affair. Armed with a fine car, great roads and good company, it can hold the recipe for all that is good in life, and leave you and your travel companion with an unerring sense

Alfasud designer Giorgetto Giugiaro was given carte blanche by Volkswagen to design the Golf, the Italian chosen because he’d studied manufacturing methods. The car entered production with minimal cha

What if I told you there was a place in Japan where your wildest fantasies could be brought to life? Not that one. I’m talking about the one where the car in your garage looks as good as a 250 Testa R