Classic Cars February 2000

Overview

Publication Details

Type	Magazine
Publisher	Classic Cars
Published date	01/02/2000

Articles

Page	Title	Type	Length	Options
48	BMW Batmobile. Batmobile returns. BMW pulled out all the stops to win the European Touring Car Championship in the Seventies and created a car so outlandish it was nicknamed the Batmobile. We take it back to its spiritual home: the N�rburgring.	Single vehicle -Reviews	10
58	Racing Batmobiles. Wing commander. Yes, it had wings and lorded over touring car racing for a decade.But it also dallied with turbos, seduced privateers and postured as art. We trace the incomparable career of the Batmobile.	Features	5
64	4 Runner. The Renault 4 has been part of the global scenery for nearly 40 years. Fun and always practical, few realise it's also a design that changed the face of motoring.	Single vehicle -Reviews	5
70	John Cooper . The Avus incident. The more you think about it, the more implausible it seems. How could a driver crash at the first corner, get out of his car, push it, jump back in, start, then catch the field and win the race? Ask John Cooper - he did it on the Avus banking in 1953.	General interest	4
76	The man who designed the 250GTO thinks this car is better. . . When maverick designer Giotto Bizzarrini left Ferrari, following the infamous walkout of 1961, he was singularly placed to improve upon the iconic 250GTO. In 1965, after nurturing his ideas at Iso, he went solo and built the GT Strada.	Single vehicle -Reviews	6
81	Giotto Bizzarrini. 'I became a survivor' Giotto Bizzarrini on Ferrari, authority and 40 years of supercar evolution.	General interest	1
84	Benz the rules. Mercedes did the unthinkable in the early Eighties when it broke with tradition and asked Cosworth to animate the engine of its rally hopeful, the sublime 190 2.5-16	Single vehicle -Reviews	5
90	First among Eagles. When the E-type V12 was launched, buyers expected a sports car, but got a grand tourer. Now Eagle E-types has produced a re-engineered, sporting V12.	Single vehicle -Reviews	5
96	Lancia Flavia v Volvo P 1800S. The sophisticates. An E-type was just too obvious. If you had good taste and means in the Sixties, only two cars could set you apart and befit your status: Lancia Flavia Coup� and Volvo P1800S.	Multi vehicle - Reviews	8
106	Roy Foden. Fodden's F-car. Britain's forgotten Beetle. Roy Foden had a dream - to produce a people's car for post-war Britain. There was just one stumbling block: the basic design of his 'revolutionary' F-car.	General interest	5
112	Helping Hans. 'Dear Lloyd, we would like to invite you to our annual motor sport party. Mika and David are coming, and there'll be a chance to visit our historic museum. Oh, and would you like to help Hans Hermann race his W196 Silver Arrow?	General interest	6
118	Andr� Dubonnet. Dubonnet Xenia. Artmovement. An extraordinary imagination and a great deal of money only partly explains Andr� Dubonnet's wonderful Thirites Xenia: one of the earliest exponents of independent suspension and an aerodynamic slice of the future.	General interest	4
140	Buying Guide. Lotus Elan. Same name, different animal. The late-Eighties Elan, with front-wheel drive and Japanese engine, was a break from the past that eventually appeased the most fervent Lotusphiles. Invest now in its peerless speed, handling and reliability.	Single vehicle -Reviews	5

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