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Fiovaranti F-100

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" This lovely Barchetta concept from 2000 was commissioned within Fiovaranti to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Enzo Ferrari's birth. Based on the 360 Modena format: it spookily prefigured the 430 and 458 Italia cars that would eventually be released by the Modena factory itself. "

Mercedes 220 Coupé (111)

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" A neighbour of mine used to own one of these beauties. There's something amazingly sculptural about the curvature of the glass in the rear three-quarter that made me sigh. Never having been a particular Mercedes fetishist, the way this coupé "

Summer Holiday, 2012

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"Many of you, like us, will be off on the roads of Europe in the coming weeks. There's something classic about the European vacation summarised nicely by Cliff and company in their sixties cheesefest Summer Holiday, and Chevy Chase and "

The John Pope Special

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" This monstrous mutant is something to behold. We suppose it was a nice idea. Take a dinged up DBS Vantage V8, strip off the body and replace it with a bulging piece of Bedford steel. Add a hi-spinning turbo to "

Honda Z: First Generation

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" You can take you're Datsun Z cars. For us, the coolest motor rock the alphabet's last digit is Honda's sweet little kei-car. It was phased out all too quickly by the all-conquering and perennial Civic in 1973 - but for us "

Audi concept: The Ace of Spades!

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" Not sure why we've never come across this particular concept. It's one of the most informative of the car it ended up becoming than any we've ever seen. The Asso di Picche was the first of designer Giorgio Giugiaro's 'ace' "

Isuzu Gemini Advert

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" There are bonkers car commercials and there are bonkers car commercials. This is a bonkers car commercial. Brought to you by the fundamentally mediocre Isuzu to promote its middle of the road family saloon the Gemini, this campaign included some "

Audi R8R LMP Prototype concept

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" If you're the sort of person for whom the very words Le Mans makes you break out in a fantastic motorsport inspired sweat, then you'll probably enjoy these images of a very special car. It's basically the 1998 design study upon "

Maserati Merak

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" The Maserati Merak was the result of the Three Pronged trident's problematic and unlikely collaboration with Citroen. It was conceived as an 'entry level' supercar that could take the Maserati Bora's successfully brutal formula, tone it down a bit with "

Countach: Evolution of a Revolution

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"LP500 Prototype In our opinion the LP500 prototype is the purest of Gandini's designs - and represents a beautiful mix of edge and flow. Designated for its 5.0 litre V12 engine, it was launched at Geneva in 1971 - but was compromised "

Gandini: Il Maestro

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"It should probably come as no surprise that the designer of the Lamborghini Countach – the most futuristic of cars – has little time for past glories. He would rather think than talk. Marcello Gandini creator of the Lamborghini Countach, is a "

Countach!

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"Let it feel fast. Please God, let it feel fast. I'd been a little frightened of the Lamborghini Countach for as long as I'd been aware of cars generally, and it would have been a disappointment if, when I finally "