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‘I’m not interested in cars — I’m interested in Ferraris’: Inside Rome’s glamorous new concorsoThe inaugural Anantara Concorso Roma brought 70 of Italy’s finest historic cars to the Eternal City — alongside rooftop cocktails, Vespa sidecars and no shortage of interesting characters.
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The financier, racing driver and prolific party animal who saved — and then lost — one of the 20th century's most notable country housesArdenrun Place was a short-lived yet architecturally notable English country house. Melanie Bryan tells its tale.
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Back when we were a proper country: Putting a V12 in a Jaguar E-TypeIn our latest dip into the Country Life motoring archive, John Taylor takes us back to 1971, when the E-Type was rewarded with a V12 engine for being a very handsome car indeed.
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Between the vineyards and a V8: the Aston Martin DB12 S storms the South of FranceA beefed up version of Aston Martin's DB12 moves the needle in more ways than one, as Matthew MacConnell explains.
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Engines are the stone tablets on which Rolls-Royce’s legacy was carved. So what happens when you replace them with a battery?The Rolls-Royce Phantom V by Lunaz might be the purest ever vision of Charles Rolls's electric prophecy. Trinity Francis finds out what makes it buzz.
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Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio: I don't have children, but even if I did, I would love this car more than themIs putting a Ferrari-derived V6 engine in an Alfa Romeo a good idea? Yes, yes it is.
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Men with beards rejoice, Lotus promises new petrol carLotus has slammed the brakes on its full EV plan, Morgan unveil spiciest ever car and man drives across world in Ineos Grenadier.
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'I drove the tractor after coming back from testing with Peugeot recently — and it feels so slow': A brief chat with the world's fastest farmerWhen he's not tending his fields in Cornwall, Alex Quinn is competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship, the European Le Mans Series and testing for Peugeot in the FIA WEC.
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It's Twingo time: The world's coolest car has made a comebackAn icon of summer holiday's past, the new Twingo carries on Renault's recent run of designing fabulous 'retro' cars.
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£300 million, AI cameras and fixing 400 potholes a day: Despite best efforts, Britain's roads are worse than everJulie Harding tries to get to the bottom of why there are so many potholes and what, if anything, can be done.
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From Land's End to John o' Groats in one of the world's best sports carsFor more than 30 years, the Mazda MX-5 has been a favourite of petrolheads everywhere. Trinity Francis drives from Land's End to John o' Groats to find out why.
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Salon Privé: Pictures from London's loudest garden partyAll the action from three days of classic and supercar action on the lawns of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
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Aston Martin Valhalla: A brilliantly calibrated hypercar that won't make you deaf and won't try to kill youAston Martin's first production mid-engined hypercar is the most accomplished car they've ever made.
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How many seamen does it take to move a Rolls-Royce and a Land Rover from a royal yacht?Jeremy Taylor gets to grips with a fleet of cars that lived in a bespoke garage aboard RY Britannia
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Lexus RX500H: Still leading the way after all these yearsJapan's premium car maker has provided yet another fabulous luxury SUV, which is unsurprising, considering Lexus basically invented the concept.
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James May on the M1: BMW's best-ever bad carIn this article from April 2004, then Country Life motoring columnist James May pays tribute to BMW's first mid-engine supercar from the 1970s.
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'Sorry, I can't reply to your email right now, I'm drifting a McLaren in Finland'Charlie Thomas learns how to go sideways in a McLaren. Because how else are you going to spend an afternoon?
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Glovebox: What do you get the person who has everything? A Land Rover Defender inspired by The HamptonsAnother regular day in the Defender restomod community.
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Porsche Cayenne: Pablo Escobar's off-roader is now a genuine all-in-one talentAdam Hay-Nicholls finds that Porsche's ugly duckling has transformed into a rather beautiful swan.
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'Hard times breed sumptuous cars': The costly stars of the last-ever London Motor ShowMore than 50 new cars made their Earls Court debut at the 1976 London Motor Show — its last appearance in the capital before it moved to Birmingham in 1978. In this article from the November 25, 1976, issue of Country Life, writer John Taylor revealed some of his favourite launches.
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'Some of the guys and girls out there haven't slept in 36 hours' — With Defender in the dunes of DakarCharlie Thomas reports from one of the world's most gruelling endurance races.
