By Michel Cruz
Photography by KH Photography

One of the perks of writing articles about cars is that you can occasionally drive the type of bolide you would normally never get to take for a spin. I make no claim to being a latter-day Niki Lauda or in any way related to the Stig, but I have thrown the odd car around a bend in my day and even pulled a hair-raising stunt or two. Until I got into the Tygan Speedster, however, I hadn’t driven a ‘real’ car. (more…)

Known best for its pleasant, reliable family cars, Opel is perhaps not one of those carmakers whose name makes the heart beat faster, yet when the firm issued a certain press release early in 2006, it caused a ripple of excitement amongst car aficionados far and wide. The reason for this was the subject of the communiqué, which stated the intended return of a true motoring classic: the GT.

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The name Pininfarina conjures up images of luxury, speed and taste. Over the past 50 years the famous Turin design house has penned some of the most desirable and iconic cars in the world, but besides giving shape to Ferraris, Maseratis and other exotic forms of transport Pininfarina has also been at the forefront of innovation – pioneers in search of the perfect alchemy of form, technology and function…
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by Michel Cruz

Alfa Romeo Tour de España Classic
For those who like cars there is nothing quite like the automotive mythology created by such legendary events as the Mille Miglia, the Targa Floria and the ‘Monte’. Visions of Bugattis, Ferraris, Maseratis and Aston Martins taking to Europe’s country roads and battling it out in the halcyon days of motoring lay at the basis of much of the attraction that sports cars and motor sports have on us today. Such was the stuff of legend, a romantic era that has been superseded by the necessities of modern traffic and the realities of modern motor sport, but even though today’s racing car drivers are limited to specially built circuits, there are still a few select occasions when the spirit of classic motoring is revived and beautiful sports cars from the past can take to the road in competition once more. (more…)