AL MUTHANNA GOVERNORATE, IRAQ 27-28 FEBRUARY 1991

Since my first visit in 1982, four-up in a road-test Jaguar XJ-S HE, Rétromobile has regularly blown me away. The range of incredible Gallic machines always make this Paris show a much-awaited fixture

OPERATOR’S HANDBOOK

The vibration is as extraordinary as the noise is deafening and we’re not even in the air. But I guess that’s what you get when there’s 1500bhp’s-worth of 27 litres of two stage supercharged, quad-cam

You hear it long before you see it: the tranquil of this bucolic Hampshire village has been shattered by some hooligan flouting its urban speed limit. Heads turn. The demonic roar and ring-a-ding-ding

One howls and buzzes, and the other snorts and hammers. In both cases, you make them sing their song by way of a deliciously mechanical manual gearbox. These truly are two of the most exciting powertr