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Gavin Green remembers CAR journalist Russell Bulgin

Gavin Green remembers CAR journalist Russell Bulgin

Rated 5 out of 55

Gavin Green, 02 July 2012 09:41

Just over a decade ago Russell Bulgin and a few close friends had a ‘last lunch’ in a Soho restaurant. Russell knew he was dying. He was frail, his grey skin the texture of tissue. He could barely walk unaided. The cancer was killing him. But his humour, his wit, that twinkle in the eye, were all still there in ...

Bayley visits the McLaren Technology Centre (CAR archive April 2007)

Bayley visits the McLaren Technology Centre (CAR archive April 2007)

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Stephen Bayley, 28 June 2012 09:09

My first visit to McLaren was 1967, organised by a dutiful parent with industry connections. In those days the premises was an insanitary lock-up garage on a Weybridge trading estate. A boggle-eyed schoolboy, I was admiring the M6 Can-Am car. My boggling increased when, from out back, a cheery, chattery bloke emerged in grubby racing overalls, unpolished lace-ups, rubbing Swarfega ...

Cortina time warp: Ben Oliver drives the Ford Cortina Mk5

Cortina time warp: Ben Oliver drives the Ford Cortina Mk5

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

Ben Oliver, 22 June 2012 12:25

I am a young executive. No cuffs than mine are cleaner; I have a Slimline briefcase and I use the firm’s Cortina. By 1982, when it finally went out of production, the Ford Cortina had enjoyed a 20-year Tescopoly on British motoring. For ten years it was Britain’s best-selling car; in its best years nearly 200,000 were sold and one ...

How LJK Setright would spend £540,000 on cars (CAR magazine archive, June 1994)

How LJK Setright would spend £540,000 on cars (CAR magazine archive, June 1994)

Rated 4.5 out of 54.5

LJK Setright, 20 June 2012 09:08

£540k might appositely be spent on a 540K – that late pre-war Mercedes-Benz which went one better than the McLaren F1 by being not only utterly useless but also devilishly handsome. Declaring my conviction that such money could be far better spent in other motoring indulgence, I received a perceptive reply from Mark Gillies: ‘Better a lifetime’s supply of NSXs.’ ...

#CAR50 microsite: our 50th birthday HQ

#CAR50 microsite: our 50th birthday HQ

Rated 4 out of 54

Tim Pollard, 20 June 2012 07:00

Today we launch the #CAR50 microsite as the digital home for CAR's golden anniversary in autumn 2012. It's where you'll find heaps of new content exploring CAR's history, from the cream of our 50-year archive to every single front cover since 1962. Click here to visit the #CAR50 microsite. So what's on the CAR50 microsite? We'll update the #CAR50 area ...

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