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Few cars have run counter to their maker’s reputation as starkly as the Jowett Jupiter, a model that transformed the image of the Yorkshire minnow when it was launched in 1950. High-tech, engineered c

RATINGS = Thrill-free zone = Tepid = Interesting = Seriously good = A truly great car = new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the

YOU COULD BE FORGIVEN FOR WONDERING IF Honda has taken leave of its fiscal senses by introducing a new Prelude. It has arrived during a fallow period for stylish two-door cars, with even the Audi TT –

IT’S AN ELECTRIFIED, 4WD Corvette with its engine in the middle and its steering wheel on the right. Yikes! The end result is good though, almighty in straights and trustworthy in corners – just bewar

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

OH, WOW. IT JUST FEELS SO… RIGHT. Within a couple of corners it’s flowing and harmonious, the responses precise and the balance malleable. That sense of almost floating down the road, maintaining mome