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CAR's great drives: Ferrari F512M to the Sahara. Part 1

Richard Bremner, 28 August 2008 17:00

Thirteen years ago, CAR came up with a brilliant wheeze of driving a Ferrari to Africa. It was the first time we had attempted such an adventure with a Ferrari – and we were surprised when Maranello agreed. Richard Bremner is your guide, as we drive an F512M down to the sand dunes of the Sahara. Read our full unabridged ...

CAR's great drives: Convoy! Part 2

Mel Nichols, 28 August 2008 17:00

Convoy! Continued... Click here to read Convoy! Part 1. It's CAR's seminal drive story from 1977, as Mel Nichols pilots a convoy of three Lamborghinis from Modena across the Alps and back to London We swapped again, in the bright sunshine of the afternoon now, and Roger removed the Silhouette’s roof. I switched to the Urraco with Steve at the ...

CAR's great drives: Ferrari F512M to the Sahara. Part 2

Richard Bremner, 28 August 2008 17:00

Ferrari F512M to the Sahara continued... Click here to read Ferrari F512M to the Sahara Part 1. CAR scribbler Richard Bremner is deep into Morocco in his remarkable adventure in the Testarossa successorWhen we get to Zagora, Goodwin and Wren have established that Mohamed speaks good English, that he really hasn’t much else to do today and if we like, ...

CAR's great drives: Convoy! Part 1

Mel Nichols, 28 August 2008 17:00

Mel Nichols penned one of CAR's most celebrated drive stories: Convoy, published in February 1977. It was a never-to-be-forgotten journey in a convoy of Lamborghinis – the Countach, Silhouette and Urraco. Read the full, original story over the next few pages. Only at CAR Online It had the unreal quality of a dream. That strange hyper-cleanliness, that dazzling intensity of ...

Riding in the amazing Mazda Furai

Ben Whitworth, 07 August 2008 11:54

Forget the Batmobile, the Mazda Furai is one of the wildest looking cars of the moment. And we've just had one of the wildest rides of our life in this astonishing race car-cum-concept. You can watch the Furai in action in our official video below – and read our first impressions after a few hot laps. Flipping through the Furai’s ...

CAR drives a Nissan GT-R up the hill at Goodwood

Ben barry, 11 July 2008 15:19

‘Okay, light them up!’ Queue to drive up the famous Goodwood hill at the Festival of Speed and, just before the start line, you’ll find yourself in the tyre-warming area. Great if you’re in a rear-wheel drive car. Not so great if you’re in the four-wheel drive Nissan GT-R. The marshall clearly doesn’t understand and clearly thinks I’m a pussy ...

Nissan GT-R - first ride CAR review

Anonymous, 24 October 2007 05:50

You’ve had a ride in the new Nissan GT-R, then? We have, as you might have seen on our video clip. When CAR was invited to photograph the GT-R in Hokkaido (on a strictly look but don’t touch basis), marketing boss Shingo Suzuki unexpectedly suggested we jump in the passenger seat and go for a ride. So while we weren’t ...

Aston Martin DBS (2008) CAR review

Chris Chilton, 19 October 2007 12:01

I know Bond drove it last year but what’s all the fuss about? It’s a DB9 with a bodykit isn’t it? Steady on. The DBS is certainly based on the DB9 but then so is the DBR9 racer that won the GT1 class at Le Mans in 2007. And you wouldn’t find anyone kicking sand in its face. Aston says ...

Caterham Roadsport racer CAR review

Anonymous, 25 October 2006 11:17

Caterham Roadsport series: the lowdown Fancy being a racing driver? By signing up to one of Caterham's racing series, you can. And that's exactly what we did. CAR contributor Jonny Smith and I signed up for a season of racing in this hotly contested series. Not only did we want to go racing but we also wanted to see if ...