"We could write a weighty tome on the Mercedes C-111's test-bed chops. This has to be one of THE most influential cars of the late 20th century. The achievements of the last two iterations (pictured here), are gobsmacking. Originally "
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Mercedes C-111
"Concept cars are myths of the near future. When future-obsessed novelist JG Ballard coined that phrase he may have been thinking of the Mercedes C-111. Not that we are all driving around in bright orange, gull winged machines — but we "
Mercedes C-111 & Felix Wankel
"In the heady, creatively inspired days of the end of the 1960s, the whole world appeared ready to go rotary. At the Frankfurt Motor Show of 1969 the Mercedes Benz C111 was one of the most spectacular manifestations of the much "
Aston Martin V12 Zagato
"It's been a frustrating morning for a motor twitcher like myself. Aston Martin V12 Zagato. My iPhone battery was flat. So, of course, we had to share some stock pics of one of our favourite cars from who is certainly "
Honda Civic Tourer
"Now, any reader of the magazine will understand that we're Honda fans in these towers. The legacy of Soichiro Honda may not have been graced by many top-line performance cars of late, but we reckon that's set to change over "
Kaiser Traveller Sedan
"Man alive: yet again we were gobsmacked when we stumbled across the Kaiser Traveller Sedan. We consider ourselves aficionados of automotive utilitarianism – and when you throw in a bit of disguised stealth, then we're slathering. So what if it was "
Lamborghini Urraco
"Lamborghini may have conceived the Urraco as a competitor to Ferrari and Maserati's entry level supercars, but we reckon it's a much more strikingly unique car than either the Dino or the Merak. Released at the 1970 Turin show, the Urraco "
Dune Buggy Daily! #1
"Here in the grimy morning of a London January, it ain't surprising one dreams of other places and spaces. And there's no automotive element of a dream more exotic, for someone from these latitudes, than the old Dune Buggy. Locked "
Volvo 3000 GT Zagato Concept
"Until this afternoon we didn't even know that Zagato had ever worked with Volvo. But it happened. In 1971 this low-nosed, light steeled 2+2 Volvo 3000 GTZ appeared, looking like a vaguely Nordic, possibly speedy hearse. The lines evoke for us something cinematic "
Holden One Tonner
"It's been a while since we've delved into what was once one of our primary automotive fetishes. Utilitarianism. The Holden One Tonner. It does what it says on the tin. It's burly. It's straightforward. You wouldn't be embarrassed to pull "
VW Brasilia
"I've been in love the VW Variant wagon since my old man bought one in 1978. There's something effortlessly interesting and stylish about them. They're one of those motors destined for eternal hipsterism. And when you first glimpse the Brasilia, it's "
Lexus RC F
"The mood music is bullish from the American manufacturers at the Detroit Motorshow, which gets under way this week. But we're excited by the launch of the Lexus RC F, the top spec version of Lexus's Mustang-like coupé. The RC "
Peugeot 205 GTi
" By the end of the 1980s it seemed like every other drive in suburban Britain was home to a Peugeot 205. Over five million 205s were produced over its 15 year production run – but only a select few lucky folk (or their "