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CAR LEGENDS #34 – BMW E30 3-SERIES

It was the release of the E30 3-Series in the early 1980s that put BMW firmly on the map of the UK tuning scene. Light, good looking, tunable, rear-wheel drive, reliable and fun…

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CAR LEGENDS #33 – MERKUR XR4TI

What was initially a stop-gap car for Ford Motorsport while the RS500 was developed actually became a surprise success. We take a look at the Merkur XR4Ti…

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CAR LEGENDS #32 – GROUP B RALLYING

Rallying has always taken road cars to the extremes of tuning. Today’s WRC machines cost hundreds of thousands of pounds and share few components with the road cars they’re based on. But in the 1980s, Group B rallying made today’s WRC look tame…

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CAR LEGENDS #31 – THE BATHURST 1000

THE-BATHURST-1000

Australia has brought us some of the most legendary machines, drivers, and indeed races, ever. One of them is the Bathurst 1000 race at Mount Panorama…

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CAR LEGENDS #30 – JEAN RAGNOTTI

Jean Ragnotti, the man who makes front-wheel drive hot hatches dance…

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CAR LEGENDS #29 – THUNDERSALOONS RACE SERIES

Huge power, wild bodywork, insane engine conversions…

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CAR LEGENDS #27 – FORD RS2000 RALLY CAR

FORD RS2000 RALLY CAR

It wasn’t all about the Cossie, the RS2000 was a bit handy too…

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CAR LEGENDS #26 – HONDA INTEGRA TYPE-R DC2

It may be outgunned today by some of the most powerful hot hatches, but the DC2 is still so fast it can still easily show most of them the way home on a twisty road or race track. A true legend…

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CAR LEGENDS #25 – AUDI SPORT QUATTRO

With a body made of carbon-kevlar, a wheelbase over 12in shorter than the original, even wider arches and a more steeply raked windscreen from an Audi 80, the Sport quattro was an awesome-looking car…

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CAR LEGENDS #24 – TOYOTA COROLLA AE86

The mighty Toyota AE86 Corolla is a legendary drift car the world over…

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