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It’s 60 years since Alfa Romeo unveiled its Spider Series I at the Geneva Motor Show. It went on to become one of the most enduring of all Italian sports cars

Beauty,’ said the 18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume, ‘is no quality in things themselves: it exists merely in the mind… and each mind perceives a different beauty.’ That difference in perce

SUPERCARS ARE BORING. An unpopular opinion, but mid-engined layouts and aero require largely the same solutions, never used 200+mph capability casting the cars into similar profiles. They’re filled wi

Rétromobile Paris was back to its vintage best from 28 January-1 February at the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, as the premier French classic event marked its 50th anniversary by launching a new comp

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

‘Flash Alf’ Martin was a welder, but not just any welder. He was a brilliant welder. He worked for the Rubery Owen Group, which owned British Racing Motors, the BRM Formula 1 team. In its factory at B