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Volkswagen XL-1
Startling to behold – and a real taste of the future Factfile £92,000 Engine: 0.8 litres, 2 cylinders, turbocharged Power:…
January 2014
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Caterham 620R
Ignore the tax disc and plates: it’s a racing car Factfile £49,995 Engine: 2.0 litres, 4 cylinders, supercharged Power: 311bhp…
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Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG
Sumptuous speed from a limousine that's remarkably light on its feet Factfile £119,565 Engine: 5.5 litres, 8 cylinders, turbocharged Power:…
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Letters, January 2014
A life on the ocean wave? An interesting article by Damien Smith last month – I’d forgotten David Richards was…
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Nigel Roebuck
Will the new F1 regulations destabilise Red Bull? When will one of the top teams see sense and sign Nico…
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Once upon a time in the West
Guest Editor... And 2013 World Champion, Allan McNish: "I'm delighted to be guest editor of Motor Sport this month especially…
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Racers, Rivals and fellow Scots
"It hardly seems possible that I've been racing cars for more than 25 years and karts for a few seasons…
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"I'd prepared myself to be about 10th at the start of the season..."
Lewis Hamilton was roundly criticised when he announced that he was leaving McLaren, the team that had moulded him since…
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Daniel in the lion's den
Formula 1's most coveted spare seat has passed from one Australian to another. How is Daniel Ricciardo likely to fare…
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Ron Tauranac: F1's most underrated designer?
If it were possible to pinpoint where the old Formula 1 became the new, it might well have been on…
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Lunch with... Gil de Ferran
There’s a history of young Brazilians who came over to learn the European motor racing way, grabbed everyone’s attention by…
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Private View
A 'You were there' special That prime non-championship Formula 1 race, the Oulton Park Gold Cup, is the venue for…
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Mitch Evans
The Mark Webber-backed teenager who hopes to become the first F1 Kiwi since the mid-Eighties. Simon Arron spoke to him…
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Pluck of the Irish
The old adage that 'nice guys finish last' isn't strictly true, but they rarely finish first. To succeed in motor…
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Events of the month
Wales Rally GB Not so much an event of the month, this, as one of the finest of 2013. Its…
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Kent buy me love
Brands Hatch, October 26-27: some fresh pep for an old favourite. It was the first time in years that I'd…
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Close encounters of the Ford kind
Silverstone, November 2-3: a nice warm feeling, despite the biting breeze.
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Lowes swings, sweet chariots
Brands Hatch, October 19-20: a sumptuous stage for the BSB showdown. Bikes are Mat Oxley's territory and will not become…
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Poirot's last chase
A car in disguise and a crash that never happened – time to send for the little Belgian detective You've seen…
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A boy's own story, from another era
Dated and implausible, perhaps but a 90-year-old tale of early racing has its own charms. I'm a sucker for a…
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