Saab 99 turbo

Looking for an alternative to Eighties German grunt? Then this masterpiece of Swedish engineering should be right at the top of your shopping list

Two design classics adapted for speed, but which is best?

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

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

I spoke to Russ Knudsen, the guy who built it, and I called bullsh*t on the 206mph claim,” says Paul Cowland, TV presenter and this Pontiac Tojan’s owner. “At about 140mph it generates enormous amount

Three slipcased volumes, 1960 pages, 665,000 words and 3584 images – now you know why you’re being asked to stump up £395 for a work on supercharging and turbocharging. In its simplest terms, both the