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Early on 8 November 1942, Adolf Hitler’s special train was en route from Berlin to Munich when it was stopped at a small station in the Thuringian Forest to receive an urgent message from the Foreign

The 1920s were not easy years in Germany. World War One had left the country impoverished and economic inflation was rife. It was a time of consolidation, as the nation’s industrialists analysed the s

In February 1948, the Cadillac Series 62 Coupe became the first American car with tailfins, inspired by the Lockheed P38 Lightning aircraft. A decade later, they reached such baroque heights on US car

This photo is 65 years old but a large number of the cars have survived

THE SECOND WORLD WAR STILL PLAYS A MASSIVE role in our national mythology in Britain. But if I were to ask you: “Who was the fourth ally?” I imagine that most readers would have to think twice. The an

Many cars are pretty, elegant and balanced. Perhaps therein, given the slight feeling of disquiet it instils in the observer, lies the curious appeal of the Studebaker Avanti. Its design is well over