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Sports Cars - February 2007 Across the Pond
The Brabus weighs 4453 pounds, while the Veyron comes in at 4162 pounds. In place of lithe athletes, you end up with heavyweight... more |
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Steve McQueen - April 2007 Icon
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Classic Car Restoration - March 2007 On the Line
Even if you were an enthusiast of modest means, you could afford to buy and rebuild a pukka British sports car or perhaps a BMW 2002 or... more |
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Driving - April 2007 Revolver
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Jaguar E-Type Roadster - April 2007 Across The Pond
Last week I drove the oldest surviving E-Type roadster. Built in early 1961, this was the car that Jaguar development driver Bob Knight... more |
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Bugatti Veyron - April 2007 Resonator
Just outside Molsheim, France, lies the relatively inconspicuous Bugatti factory. more |
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Douglas DC-3 - March 2007 Icon
It formed the backbone of the postwar airline industry and to this day many charter airlines and cargo carriers still fly DC-3s. more |
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Cigarette Sponsorship - March 2007 Across the Pond
Thoughts turn to the black-and-gold John Player Special Lotuses of the '70s, or the Marlboro-liveried McLarens of Ayrton Senna and Alain... more |
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Vehicle Stability Control - March 2007 Resonator
Measuring five feet wide, the plane was a daunting obstacle. Although its structure was on a par with a bag of tortilla chips, it still... more |
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Nrburgring Nordschleife - February 2007 Icon
Calling the track challenging is like calling the Bugatti Veyron just another 1001-bhp exotic. more |
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Car Accidents - February 2007 On the Line
It shouldn't be any surprise that talking on a cellphone tops the list of things that divert our attention from driving, but reading,... more |
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Automotive History - February 2007 Revolver
Mini designer Sir Alex Issigonis died in 1988, before the Smart car came into existence, which I think he would have liked. I also can't... more |
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Classic Car Restoration - February 2007 Resonator
There's a reason why I can't afford historically significant cars: I don't have a sense of responsibility. I'd want to drive them-all the... more |
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Vehicle Data Recorders - On The Line
By any interpretation of the numbers, cars are unsafe. Worldwide, someone dies in a vehicle accident each minute, and there have been more... more |
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Richard Hammond - Across The Pond
As I write, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond is recovering in hospital after an accident that nearly claimed his life. Hammond lost... more |
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Ellen MacArthur and Andy Green - Across The Pond
One of the few things in life I've ever been genuinely good at is writing history essays. For some unknown genetic reason, my high school... more |
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Responsibility 101 - Resonator - European Car Magazine
Although it wasn't much of a movie, there was a great line in "Over the Hedge," a tiny bit of insightful humor. It takes place when a bunch... more |
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Les Bidrawn Editor's Letter - Resonator
The entire day I shirked my chores. I was going to change the oil on both cars, which I figured would meet my quota for good deeds. I was... more |
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American Cars - Inside
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Porsche 911 - Icon
Over the last half century, if there has been a constant in the automotive world, it is unarguably the Porsche 911. The now classic shape... more |
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1979-1994 Saab 900 Turbo - On the Line
Twenty years ago, a black Saab 900 Turbo three-door was the hottest yuppie car on the planet. Doctors, lawyers, and investment chiefs saw... more |
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Fighting Oil Addiction - Revolver
Fighting Oil Addiction, The Daimlerchrysler WayAddicted to oil? Yeah, me too. Feeling a little guilty about it? Well, so am I, but isn't... more |
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Losing Customer Service - Across The Pond
I called India last week. Not to book some glamorous holiday on the beaches of Goa, or to arrange a trip to the Taj Mahal, but because my... more |
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The Man-room - Resonator
I was watching my boys play cars in my home office/man-room. Wooden blocks encircled a pool of "hot lava" and a section of Hot Wheels track... more |
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The Perception of Automotive Gender - Resonator
About this time last year a slew of AMG Mercedes came through the office. All of them were incredible cars: powerful, luxurious,... more |
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