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When Cosworth built its own F1 car - with four-wheel drive

Cosworth's engines dominated F1 in the 60s and 70s – but it also made its own unconventional race car

When Cosworth built its own F1 car - with four-wheel drive
Vaxuhall Chevette HS front quarter tracking
Chevette, launched in the UK as a Vauxhall in 1975, was merely a renosed Opel Kadett
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How Vauxhall lost its independence to Opel

Opel produced cars on the continent while Vauxhall built cars at Luton and Ellesmere Port

How Vauxhall lost its independence to Opel
Guy Moll - Credit: Getty Images
Algerian-born Guy Moll rose quickly from obscurity to the grand prix stage
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Formula 1’s forgotten North African heritage

Formula 1 rookie Isack Hadjar isn't the first Algerian driver to compete in grand prix racing

Formula 1’s forgotten North African heritage
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Remembering the mad local car firms at the Geneva motor show

Long-running motor show played host to a number of wild concepts like these example from Rinspeed

Remembering the mad local car firms at the Geneva motor show
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It’s hard to believe, but this trusted body has its origins law-dodging

That's right - the AA started operating in Surrey and Sussex in 1905 as an activist group

It’s hard to believe, but this trusted body has its origins law-dodging
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Going recklessly into the Sahara desert, 98 years ago

It took a brave soul to go into a desert in a 1920s car. No satellite phones, either

Going recklessly into the Sahara desert, 98 years ago
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Ford Focus

The driver’s hatchback continues to live up to its name after one final update

Ford Focus
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The story behind clay modelling - and why it's still used today

Clay models have been shaping how cars look since the 1930s, as we discovered on a visit to Austin

The story behind clay modelling - and why it's still used today
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Leapmotor C10

Is this electric family SUV from a Stellantis-allied Chinese EV brand a no-brainer bargain or a case of 'you get what you pay for'?

Leapmotor C10
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The genesis of self-propelled buses and vans

Petrol power might have quickly won over the market but it was steam that first powered buses and vans

The genesis of self-propelled buses and vans
Alpine F1 A110 A290
F1 is a "huge booster for awareness" regardless of track position, said de Meo
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F1 involvement vital to growth of Alpine brand

Value of Alpine brand has tripled in four years thanks to F1, says Renault Group boss

F1 involvement vital to growth of Alpine brand

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