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THE number of Nismo models that have officially come to the UK can be counted on one hand, but nonetheless Nissan’s performance arm is one that’s well respected within the industry and has been the so

1971 Holden Monaro GTS Alastair Watson AUSTRALIA WAS NEVER a major car exporter and, when it did venture into overseas markets, it was usually to other right-hand-drive countries such as New Zealand a

What is it with racing drivers and white socks? White socks worn with natty slip-on loafers? Like me, I’m sure you regard that epic PR piece, Faszination auf dem Nürburgring, in which the fearless Ste

Rottweil is a small town in Germany’s Black Forest with several claims to fame. You can guess the first, not least because there are sculptures of handsome but rather intimidating dogs around the plac

It all started with Jean Rédélé razzing around in his Renault 4CV. The youngest Renault dealer in France following WW2, Rédélé cut his teeth – metaphorically, but perhaps also those of the transmissio

‘IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES, IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES… we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…’ The opening line from Charles Dickens’ novel A Tale of Two Cities. The 2000s promised to b