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Few cars have run counter to their maker’s reputation as starkly as the Jowett Jupiter, a model that transformed the image of the Yorkshire minnow when it was launched in 1950. High-tech, engineered c

Has there ever been a model so enigmatic yet charismatic, so awash with magical beauty and talent as the Alfa Romeo Type 33? On the track, Carlo Chiti’s 1966 design took a couple of years to find its

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I’M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE TRACK AHEAD. Two things are making this tricky. Firstly, the view all around is distractingly stunning. The Red Bull Ring is nestled in the Styrian Alps, at an altitud

IMAGINE FLYING TO DUBAI TO VISIT THE BURJ Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. You ride the elevators over half a kilometre skywards to the viewing platform on the 148th floor and step out only

THERE’S SOMETHING MAGICAL about the Alfa Romeo 8C 2900, not least because it was a competition machine above all else. Yet, having been developed to win the Mille Miglia, it also made for a compelling