We had some very special adventures in 2014. From unearthing lost secrets in Porsche’s vault of prototypes to chasing the ghost of Bluebird across Lake Eyre in Australia, we did some stuff. Here are 10 of the year’s best CAR features.
1) The cabrio king (February issue)
We went to LA to meet the un-ironic Al Zadeh, wanted in 50 states for crimes against convertibles
2) Mrs Callum’s Boys (May issue)
Brothers Moray and Ian Callum are two of the world’s top car designers. We bought them a pint!
3) Top Marques show (June issue)
Our man hung out with Prince Albert of Monaco at the world’s most, ahem, opulent car fest
4) The lost Porsches (August issue)
Porsche has a warehouse full of one-offs, prototypes and old secrets. Nobody gets in. But we did (watch the video here)
5) Chauffeur school (October issue)
We learned the tips of the ‘Yes, m’lady’ trade on Rolls-Royce’s White Glove training programme
6) Campbell’s ghost (February issue)
In 1964 Donald Campbell went to Australia to attempt a Land Speed Record. In 2014 we followed
7) SLS vs Viper (February issue)
Two vaguely related sports car heavyweights squared up in California’s Anza Borrego Desert
8) F1’s first turbo test (March issue)
They said it would be a technological ‘bloodbath’ due to tricky new rules. We couldn’t resist
9) McLaren pilgrimage (November issue)
Bruce McLaren forged his legend in CanAm racing. We went back in the latest car to bear his name
10) UK’s cheapest cars (January issue)
Cheap as chips Suzuki, Kia, Dacia and Skoda locked flimsy horns on London’s night-time streets
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Click below for the rest of CAR’s top 100 moments of 2014:
The nine best sports cars of the year
Four seismic Nurburgring laptimes
Eight cars that changed our minds about electric power
Top six people we talked about
Six wishes for 2015
Six back-from-the-dead stories
Six things we said goodbye to
Top 10 motorsport moments
Seven things we never thought we’d see
Six biggest disappointments
Top five tech trends of 2014
Top 10 quotes of 2014
10 great CAR magazine features from 2014
The year’s seven best concept cars