First Drive
Remember the Citroen DS Well, it's back - symbolically, at any rate. The DS3 is the first in a series of modern DS variants. Will it be as influential as the original CITRO N, PEUGEOT'S SIBLING, IS BUSY REINVENTING ITSELF, WITH a new prestigious image, a sharper focus on customer service and a whole swag of new product, the first to launch being the funky DS3. If the suffix rings a bell, that's because 55 years ago, Citro n released the DS and changed ideas about car styling and technology...
The Lancia Stratos Hfwas A Rallying
phenomenon in the 1970s. It began as a Bertone study on a TUrin exhibition stand in 1970, and Lancia's team manager, Cesare Fiorio, was determined to make the car a reality. Just one year later, the Stratos was ready to roll, clothed in a striking fibreglass body and powered by a Ferrari Dino V6 engine. The Stratos HF was to race to its first victory in 1973, and it subsequently won three World Cup titles in a row. Fiat budget woes saw the Stratos fall Bom grace after 1979. But in 2010, a...
Rumour Has It That Petter Solberg
famously said to Subaru, 'Build me an STI hatch, and I'll win you the world rally championship'. Of course it didn't quite go to plan - and then Subaru pulled the pin on its WRC campaign. In fact, when Subaru trotted out the third generation of the STI, it proved to be a real test for Subaru faithful. Not only was there no big winged sedan but the wheels weren't even painted gold. Subaru argued a hatch was better suited to motorsport applications in terms of aerodynamics and balance, which is...