Cars

Dialynx Performance R8 2.0T 650 bhp. The ALT-ernative Audi R8 2.0T Typ 42 LMS Chris Eyre talks to Keith Murray about the latest race car to come out of the Dialynx Performance workshops… Photos: Neil Birkitt.

Each decade has its superhero who outshine all other contemporaries. An encounter with the sportscar milestones from the 1960s to 2000s

Buying Guide Follow our seven steps to buying the best TVR Tuscan Speed Six – you can buy this sports-car thriller without fear. 7 StepsTo BuyingThe BestTvr Tuscan Speed Six. The Tuscan offers supercar performance for £20-£60k. Here’s how to choose wisely.Words Malcolm Mckay. Photography John Colley.

The Bowden family’s collection of touring car racers includes a Bathurst. 1000-winning Ford Sierra RS500, numerous ex-Peter Brock Holdens and a BMW M1 Procar. ‘It’s exactly as it raced in 1979, stonechips and all’ David Bowden and his sons Dan and Chris came back from financial disaster to build up an enviable collection of historic road and race cars. Words Stewart Perry. Photography Ross Perry.

Life Cycle Executive client-pleaser, scourge of Cold War border guards and occasional bovine lavatory – Hugh Cantlie’s E3 BMW 3.0S has done it all in 42 years of single ownership.  This BMW 3.0S has overcome unwanted bovine and border guard attentions and is still with its first owner 42 years later.   Bought new to impress business clients, this BMW has smuggled friends across borders, been assaulted by a cow and is still with its original owner. Words Rob Scorah. Photography Johnathan Jacob.

Epic Restoration. Most would think twice about rescuing any fire-damaged classic, but a Lamborghini Countach? Keys Motorsport looks back on its most daunting restoration. One family's determination to bring a fire-damaged Lamborghini Countach back to life. ‘The carburettors had melted into the valve guides’ Terry Keys promised his sons they would one day drive his Lamborghini Countach. However, life intervened, he sold it and then it caught fire. But all was not lost. Here's how Terry fulfilled that promise. Words Sam Dawson. Photography Alex Tapley.

If you were to scour New Zealand for a crack team of Porsche enthusiasts knowledge and passion to represent the Porsche Club of New Zealand at the Intermarque Concours d’Elegance Teams Event, these two gentlemen would most certainly be near the top of the list. Words: Lachie Jones. Photos: Jared Clark.

Feature Car 1961 Jaguar E-Type roadster. We take a look at this year’s Ellerslie Intermarque Concours. Masters Class winner. Words: Ashley Webb, Simon Crispe. Photos: Adam Croy.

BMW E70 X5 xDrive30d. If you like an awful lot of metal for your money you could do a lot worse than take a look at the second generation X5. 10 Minute Guide This month the X5 xDrive30d is under close scrutiny.

Buying Guide. The E34 5 Series is becoming a rare sight on our roads but don’t let that stop you buying a 535i. Once a common sight on our roads, the numbers of E34 535is are now falling rapidly… bag one now while you still can and you’ll have yourself an excellent modern classic that should slowly appreciate while you enjoy it. Words: Bob Harper and Andy Everett. Photography: KGF Classic Cars.

Few large cars in the world rival it, for both performance and refinement. But unfortunately it's reserved for the few who can afford it... South Africa can be proud of it; a car that packs a massive punch in a velvet glove and is available nowhere else on earth, in this form. It is, of course, the BMW 745i E23 - the M1-engined M88 7-Series flagship - and if our introduction sounds over-enthusiastic, for a road test, for once it is justified. It is a magnificent motorcar.

Let us start by confessing that this is not so much a Giant Test, more a Titanic Contrast, for it would be hard indeed to find a pair of cars more dissimilar in character within a given category of price and purpose. Photoaraphy by Kim Sayer.