The scene stealer

‘When the owner came over to Italy and saw the finished car, we surprised him by having Valentino Balboni come and drive him in it. That was quite an experience for him, to have his freshly restored M

People are prone to certain behavioural ticks, the sort of misjudgements that depart from rationality. This would be one of them. On entering the environs of an active airbase, the sensible thing to d

‘I NEVER HAD anything to do with the Miura – that was all Gandini.’ Those were the words of the great Giorgetto Giugiaro after he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award at the International Historic

Hard to believe that the Lamborghini Miura is turning 60. But yes, this revolutionary model was launched at the 1966 Geneva motor show, and its principal architects were only in their 20s. This, for t

COUPES were big news in the seventies and eighties, but by the nineties the segment was shrinking fast, as car makers opted for hot hatches instead. Luckily for enthusiasts, Volkswagen did both, by se

‘The experience [of driving it] is like carrying a TV remote for the world… everywhere you go, you can hit pause and everyone around you comes to a standstill,’ says California-based collector Phillip