The one and only

IN MORE THAN 20 years of writing for Octane, one of the cars I remember most covetously was not a Ferrari, a Lamborghini or even a Jaguar (although a D-type is a good contender). No, it was a comparat

No matter what the onslaught of incredible stats, it’s the gearknob I remember most. Sure, when the McLaren F1 was launched in 1994 it cost £540,000 (plus taxes) and there was talk of a 6.0-litre V12

‘I think I learned the words “Mille Miglia” at the same time I learned to speak. My father had long retired, but our whole world still revolved around being Stirling Moss’s family – and this incredibl

As he’s a designer with six decades of experience, mostly at the pinnacle of road and race cars, you might expect Gordon Murray’s car collection to include big-ticket Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Marti

Looking back now, it seems so serendipitous. When Mike Gibbs got in touch to offer his Frazer Nash SS racer for a feature in Octane, he suggested that the nice people at Castle Combe circuit might be

It takes a certain confidence to challenge genius. Francesco del Giocondo, aka Mr Mona Lisa, may have been sublimely wealthy, but there’s no record of him asking Leonardo da Vinci to level up the hori