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Ben Oliver explores McLaren’s Unit 2 (CAR archive, December 2011)

Ben Oliver, 06 August 2012 09:00

McLaren people refer to it as Unit 2. It is the polar opposite of their extraordinary, Space Odyssey McLaren Technical Centre headquarters in Woking, with its glass walls and cooling lake and famous architect and unnerving clinical sterility. Instead, Unit 2 is a low, 1980s, brick-built former factory on an industrial estate. I’ve been asked not to tell you where ...

Gordon Murray documentary on BBC4: CAR's preview

Ben Oliver, 06 July 2012 11:00

We originally ran this story in March 2012, but the BBC moved the schedule. It's now been confirmed the documentary will run this Sunday 8 July 2012 at 8.00pm (BST) after the British grand prix. Now this is why we pay our licence fees. BBC4 has shot an hour-long documentary on Gordon Murray which intersperses his extraordinary 40-year history designing some ...

How to make the Mustang Boss sound even better

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Ben Oliver, 02 December 2011 10:46

It’s easy to fall in love with a car in its natural habitat. After a week driving a Ford Mustang Boss 302 around LA, reporting the story on southern California’s car culture which you can read in the current issue of CAR Magazine, I boldly declared it ‘the best American car I’ve driven’. But would it feel as good in ...