Test Drive
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Fiat 130 Coupe test-drive
Fiat 130 Coupe test-drive. Received wisdom has it that the Fiat 130 Coupe is a beautiful car. It was designed at Pininfarina by Paolo...
Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC R107 test-drive
Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC R107 test-drive. Is it an SL with a hardtop? Or is it something different? I do a double-take when I see...
Lancia Gamma Coupe test-drive
Lancia Gamma Coupe test-drive. Aldo Brovarone was the main designer at Pininfarina in the Seventies when the Lancia Gamma was under creation. What Lancia...
Driving Aston Martin DB5
Driving Aston Martin DB5. The List. Years ago reader Phil Doherty loved pushing his Corgi Aston Martin DB5 along the floor - will Classic...
Peugeot 504 Coupe test-drive
Pininfarina-penned lines bring glamour to every destination. Peugeot 504 Coupe test-drive. There’s a V6-engined one of these too, using that strange engine co-developed by...
BMW 3.0 CSi E9 test-drive
BMW 3.0 CSi E9 – test-drive. Everyone loves the BMW 3.0 CSL, especially in its homologation-special ‘Batmobile’ guise. Thin, lightweight panels, fatter wheels, a...
Jaguar XJ12C test-drive
Jaguar XJ12C test-drive. It’s blue. Very blue. Squadron Blue on the outside, cosseting blue velour - not leather - on the inside. Driving an...
Citroen SM test-drive
Citroen SM – test-drive. Somewhere in a distant galaxy, human-like beings have developed a mechanised, electrified civilisation. It has taken some slightly different turns...
Jensen Interceptor test-drive
Touring-penned lines dispensed with Jensen convention. Jensen Interceptor test-drive. So far, we’ve hinted that the Interceptor is Anglo-American with its Chrysler engine, but there’s...
Jaguar XJ12C and Fiat 130 Coupe with Jensen Interceptor, Peugeot 504 Coupe, Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC R107 and Lancia Gamma Coupe or BMW 3.0 CSi...
Grand Tourers – style and speed from £3k-£23k with the Jaguar XJ12C, Fiat 130 Coupe, Jensen Interceptor, Peugeot 504 Coupe, Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC R107...
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C3 – test-drive
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray C3 – test-drive. Speaking of glassfibre and E-type rivals, if our prospective drop-top customer was American he could buy a Corvette...
Triumph Stag – test-drive
Triumph Stag – test-drive. When the E-type was launched in 1961 Jaguar was an independent company. But by the time our prospective customer was...