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What sports car track tests looked like in the 1960s

The Foreign Car Test in the '60s was the equivalent to our Britain's Best Driver's car contest

What sports car track tests looked like in the 1960s
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The steampunk 1920s grand prix car inspired by fighter planes

Voisin cars flouted both design norms and engineering conventions; we revisit the unique Type C6 Laboratoire

The steampunk 1920s grand prix car inspired by fighter planes
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The rise and whimpering fall of General Motors' Honda-killer

GM pumped money and people into the Saturn brand but it was to no avail

The rise and whimpering fall of General Motors' Honda-killer
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When did cars outgrow that 'vintage' shape?

1950s cars stood out with 'pontoon'-shaped silhouettes but when did these obscure designs die out

When did cars outgrow that 'vintage' shape?
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The early-1900s Peugeot dealer who pioneered bonkers advertising

Charles Friswell's unique take on selling cars caused much confusion, and eventually led to him to get a knighthood

The early-1900s Peugeot dealer who pioneered bonkers advertising
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The venomous rise of the AC Cobra

The thunderous roadster emerged in 1962 as a V8 development of 1953’s Ace

The venomous rise of the AC Cobra
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1950s British cars' export prospects as seen by a foreigner

We asked a Swiss journalist whether Britain could recover its post-war lead as the European industry got going again

1950s British cars' export prospects as seen by a foreigner
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Mini is one of the most beloved of all the cars ever built, and survived until 2000
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Star cars from a century of British motoring

We dive into the Autocar Archive to trace Britain's automotive story right from the very beginning

Star cars from a century of British motoring
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How Formula 1 became a global advertising goldmine

Lotus advertised Player’s Gold Leaf brand and more famously JPS years later

How Formula 1 became a global advertising goldmine
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When F1 was full to bursting with terrible teams

No fewer than 40 cars were entered in 1989, despite the maximum permitted on a starting grid being 26

When F1 was full to bursting with terrible teams
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Rifles to roadsters: The fascinating story of I-Pace maker Magna

Magna Steyr is an unknown outside the industry but has been trusted by some of the world’s most respected car makers

Rifles to roadsters: The fascinating story of I-Pace maker Magna

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