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When you buy a classic car, gracefully aged upholstery and bodywork is all part of the story. Same thing with old watches – a vintage Rolex with an original dial is far better than a shiny replacement. And it’s not just the secondhand market where you see an appreciation for the well worn look. Some…

Even the most hardcore gaming nerds and dedicated Formula One sickos are unlikely to have heard of this obscure title. While there were apparently originally plans to bring Capcom’s 1995 arcade game Slipstream to Japan and the US, in the end this F1 racer only saw a limited release of just 150 units, exclusively distributed…

Joysteer The wheel is made of a specially developed 100 per cent recycled aluminium alloy, and consists of 19 separate CNC-machined parts. It’s clearly inspired by the Momo wheels you’d find on classic 1950s and ’60s Ferraris. I-pod There are two little pods beneath the main spars; on the left is a dial that alters…

It’s Volvo’s luxury saloon, exactly 5m long with a limo-like wheelbase and a reassuring sense of authority. Actually, saloon isn’t quite right. The ES90 sits higher than usual, which challenges the proportions somewhat. It’s more of a… saloon-over. Rivals include the Audi A6 e-tron, BMW i5 and iX, Mercedes EQE, Porsche Taycan, Lucid Air and…

Meet the Hyundai Boulder. It’s a rugged off-road concept that’s giving all kinds of Land Rover Defender vibes – and looks fit to take on the Dakar Rally. We’re told it previews Hyundai’s first body-on-frame architecture, a new platform that the carmaker has confirmed will underpin a mid-size pickup that’s due in the US by…

 1. The yoke ain’t no joke Remember those bizarre-looking steering ‘wheels’ from Tesla Model S, X and Cybertruck, and how they were almost universally disliked? Well, not content with 40-inch screens across the dash in the new GLC, Mercedes is ignoring all that and ploughing headlong into the future… by soon offering a steering yoke…

Ready to brighten up your day? Have a little watch of the video down below. That’s the Ford GT Mk IV setting the third fastest time ever at the Nürburgring in the hands of two-time N24 winner Frédéric Vervisch. Looks like it’s on fast forward, doesn’t it? The Mk IV’s 6m 15.977s lap means it’s…

There’s a black GMA T.50S Niki Lauda just to my right. It’s tucked inside a shuttered pit box, raised on air jacks, centrelock wheels and slicks set off to the side. It looks shockingly tiny but has a presence big enough to create its own gravity. Outside, the sun is just peeping out above the…

26 minutes 58 seconds What happens when you take the most staggering performance car in the world, give it a new turbo for more power, uprate the suspension and stiffen the chassis, finesse the aero and go over the interior for good measure? You get this, the Kimera EVO38. Now replete with four-wheel drive and…

There’s plenty of hypotheticals that sports fans love to debate at length. And, in 2005, Formula One enthusiasts were offered the tantalising prospect of witnessing such pub debates played out for real, with the launch of a new race series. Grand Prix Masters would see retired legends of the sport going head to head in…