Going on the hunt for a triumph for britain

Every year, motorcycling enthusiasts keenly await the summer for the wild Isle of Man TT races. But how many know that there used to be TT races for cars as well? In fact, the Tourist Trophy was conce

1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti

WHEN YOU HEAR the phrase ‘Japanese import’, generally a mental image of Mitsubishi Evos or Subaru Imprezas tends to spring to mind. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, though, Japan also became a f

Before I could see it, I heard it. The venue was Boughton House, a summer weekend car meet in the beautiful, manicured grounds of this Northamptonshire stately home, built originally in the 17th Centu

Jaguar XJS Started: 2nd Result: 1st “I liked driving the XJS,” recalls Brundle of the European Touring Car Championship racing he did in 1983. “I learned to love it. It was a handful, massive V12 in t

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