A drive in 62 EMU, one of the famous racing Astons of all time, reveals that myths are based on fact. It’s like being handed Van Gogh’s Starry Night. I mean the real thing – brittle canvas, lumpy paint, faded frame, the whole deal – and asked to carry it around for a day. Nightmare. … Read more…
In a homage to the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Birds, we take an Aston Martin DB2 drophead on a haunting coastline drive There’s a seagull looking at me. Now, you might not think that significant, but I’m driving an Aston Martin DB2 drophead up on the Northumbrian coast and I have two concerns. One … Read more…
When retired Aston the Martin V8 after finally 20 years, it was well past its prime, resembling an old pop star, a faded idol clinging to a greying fanbase. Production had fallen to just a dribble and was a grave concern for Victor Gaundett. Even Giuseppe Mittino’s 1986 V8 Zagato, as startling and modern as … Read more…
Ferrari had two crowned champions at the when it wheeled its cars to the grid for the Australian GP — a first in world champions terms since Italy 1953. The team has hired illustrious names before and since, but whi most capture the essence of Ferrari? A curious term, greatness. Some like to measure it … Read more…
If Enzo Ferrari had been born today, could he have created the marque, and the legend, that Ferrari is now? Post-war Italy, a war-shattered country seething with suspicion bred in Fascism and occupation, was an unpromising seed-bed for a new, ambitious enterprise. When he founded his company Ferrari was approaching his sixth decade. He was … Read more…