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Insight: 45 years on, Audi is still all about Technik

Three new model launches show Audi's technology-based slogan is still highly relevant today.

27 July 2016

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Subaru marks half century of boxing clever

Subaru is celebrating 50 years of its horizontally-opposed ‘Boxer’ engine, so called due to the pistons resembling the punch-counterpunch motion of a boxer.

10 May 2016

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The sexiest cars of the ’60s

In a golden age of music, models and miniskirts, car designs of the 1960s became pieces of art – and they're now worth a lot of money.

3 January 2016

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DeLorean DMC-12: famous for being famous?

By any objective standards, the DeLorean DMC-12 was a disastrous failure, yet it became one of the greatest cult cars of all time. But is it a good classic car investment? (sponsored)

2 November 2015

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The car that launched BMW…

Did you know that the first BMW was a licenced copy of an Austin 7 called Dixi? This article tells the story of BMW's first car.

9 April 2015

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Cars of the ’80s – an infographic

For your Friday afternoon distraction from work, have a look at this infographic from Hagerty Insurance which charts the meteoric increase in some '80s car values. Better get in now while you still can...

21 November 2014

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Postcard from Monza

In the middle of Monza's Royal Park, north of Milan in Italy, the Autodromo Nazionale Monza Grand Prix circuit is open to the public most days. Although you can't wander out onto the F1 track itself, you can explore most of the circuit environs to your heart's delight. And when you do, you will find this...

12 May 2014

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