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If it seems like six-figure SUVs have multiplied like springtime rabbits, you’d be right. Aston Martin and Bentley offer upper-crust ‘utes now, along with Rolls Royce and Lamborghini. Hell, even Ferrari’s got one. But rather than crowd out the longtime stalwarts at Land Rover, this increased competition had the opposite…

Many will know it as a sportier stablemate of the defunct Rover brand. After a hiatus following Rover’s collapse, it was relaunched by its new owners and has grown quickly through keen pricing and a generous supply of cars

Simon Light’s heavily modified Ford Capri V8 has been nearly 40 years in the making. The Middlesex native has taken it from Road Saloons in the 1980s, through constant development – via a lengthy sabbatical – to its current monstrous form. And he’s done it all, with help from fellow…

The great and good of historic racing will descend on Goodwood Motor Circuit this weekend for its first major event of the year.

“This is going in an Autosport Engineering supplement,” says Peter Thurston incredulously as he reveals his extraordinary Citroen 2CV8 racer, yet to turn a wheel. In place of a wheezing 602cc air-cooled flat-twin engine making a whopping 45bhp in racing trim sits a gruff 4.6-litre Rover V8. Even in mild…

Remembered for his spectacular tail-happy exploits in a Rover-engined Ford Escort Mk1, the 61-year-old Herne Bay Jaguar specialist started the wacky project during the COVID pandemic of 2020-21. Based on a ‘Lotus Seven-esque’ chassis, thought to be a GTS Panther frame spotted in Rally Design’s workshop nearby, the ‘2CV8’ features…

The original Lotus Elise made it to America through an importer who used Integra Type R power. Now you can own one.

The two-hour film dives deep into the creation of the very first Lotus Elise, with everything from purchasing to engineering covered.

It didn't sell well, but was a very distinctive vehicle.