Ahead of this afternoon's review of the 296 Speciale, Andrew Frankel looks at its forebears and decides which is best.

Most motoring journalists fawned over the Impreza when it first came out. Then again, most motoring journalists aren’t Steve Sutcliffe

Or, why I bought a Corvair. It’s the car that was labelled as positively dangerous when launched. So of course Richard Bremner had to own one

We’re inundated with it these days. But does it matter if you have the power to go with it? You bet it does, says Gez Medinger.

If you knew, as you shortly will, how expensive rear lights are to create, you'd not wonder why small manufacturers try to get them from almost anywhere else. Richard Porter reports. 

Helen Wakerley spent years behind the wheel of Maranello's finest. But one car, and one feeling, never left her. This is the story of how a childhood dream became both a career, and a homecoming.  

Think young people no longer fall in love with cars? Max Taylor - aged 19 - begs to differ. And it's all down to just one machine. 

Not all manufacturers are desperate for the limelight. One reason this one does better than most, says David Twohig.

We all hanker after certain kinds of car. But unlike most of us, Jonny Smith actually does something about it.

Life with the Rangie continues largely on its serene way. But that is not to say there is nothing about it that annoys Andrew Frankel