Back to a different future

n 1948, Harley Earl, Detroit’s influential wizard of kitsch, put tail-fins on a Cadillac and set General Motors on the road to becoming the world’s largest and most profitable corporation. Earl’s magi

Imagine the proposition of a 54bhp MG TD clothed in full-width Bertone bodywork and you would be right to not only be intrigued, but also expect something relatively staid to drive. And yet, thanks to

You could never have accused Rolls-Royce of flooding the market with new models. In the 20 years preceding the New Phantom’s arrival in 1925, the Twenty had been the only new production Rolls to join

LAWNSWOOD ARMS, LEEDS

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

BMW AND PORSCHE may have got there first with the 2002 and 911 Turbo, but Saab proved that turbocharging really was the future – providing increased power, torque and refinement with the potential for