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The story of CAR Magazine: part 2

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Gavin Green, 21 October 2012 10:48

This is the second part of Gavin Green's instalment, the History of CAR. Click here for Part 1By 1982, CAR was on a roll. Twenty years old, it had graduated from the pioneering rebel of car magazines into the UK’s best-selling enthusiast title. Within a few years, it would overtake What Car? as overall market leader. ‘CAR was perceived as ...

The story of CAR Magazine: part 1

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Gavin Green, 20 October 2012 12:30

CAR Magazine will celebrate its 50th anniversary in autumn 2012. Here we look back at the origins of CAR, told by one of the people instrumental in its history, Gavin Green. Click here for an online digital version of this article, which first appeared in the June 2012 issue of CAR. Born 50 years ago this September, Small Car & Mini Owner Incorporating ...

Honda NSX driven by Gavin Green (CAR archive, August 1989)

Gavin Green, 30 July 2012 09:00

The Japanese are about to attack the most difficult market of the lot: supercars. Domination of the small and medium-sized saloon markets, worldwide, has been accomplished. They can also check off the small coupe sector. And the big saloon market, never a Japanese forte, is about to get a worthy couple of Asian challengers, in the form of Nissan’s Infiniti ...

Gavin Green’s Greatest Ferraris (CAR archive, June 2007)

Gavin Green, 25 July 2012 09:00

They gather on a gorgeous spring day, the sky a deep Bugatti blue, to pay homage to the 60th anniversary of the greatest sports car maker in the world. Nine cars, six of which represent the best of the breed, the others a trio of tempting real-world propositions. Appropriately all but two of the Ferraris are blood red – that ...

Gavin Green on copycat styling (CAR archive, July 1990)

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Gavin Green, 12 July 2012 09:00

‘A new Metro went by me the other day and, to tell you the truth, I thought it was a Citroen AX. And that upset me, because if I can’t tell them apart then what chance has the average motorist got? After all, I designed the AX.’Geoff Matthews is one of Britain’s finest car stylists. His Midlands-based design consultancy, Styling ...

Gavin Green remembers CAR journalist Russell Bulgin

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 ...