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Why women were blocked from Le Mans for decades

Jamie Chadwick is the first woman to drive a hypercar at Le Mans, but would have been barred just decades ago

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When car production was restricted - and reselling banned

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After the inaugural World Cup Rally was a huge hit, the 1974 follow-up hit trouble in the Sahara desert

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How tunnels made Paris and Rome 120 miles closer to each other

Alpine tunnels transform European road travel - perhaps we could learn a thing or two from the continent

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Tsars and their cars: When world leaders first took the wheel

Today the US president uses The Beast; a century ago, steam-powered Pullmans proved their worth

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Inside Ford's secret archive: meet the man preserving the firm's history

Ford's archive in Detroit has a huge collection of documents, ephemera and other items that chart its rich history

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"Not a real Mini..." How BMW's reinvented icon overcame early furore

The controversial reinvention of the Mini was blamed on BMW - but it turned out to be a winner

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The Jaecoo of the 1970s: How Datsun cracked the UK car market

Chinese brands are making rapid inroads into the UK market - how did the Japanese do it fifty years ago?

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The Jaecoo of the 1970s: How Datsun cracked the UK car market

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