Cars

Three generations of desirability

The popular powder-blue-and-orange scheme has been worn by several of Woking’s finest over the decades, including its Can-Am monsters, the F1 GTR and the recent MP4-12C GT3. Now Canadian venture capitalist and philanthropist Miles Nadal’s bespoke P1 joins the eye-catching roster, after being sent to McLaren’s in-house customisation division, MSO.

So versatile is the Defender that Land Rover’s designers weren’t able to define a single identity for a special model that represented its character, so they made three instead: the Autobiography, Heritage and Adventure editions.

A very limited series of (just 50) 427 anniversary Cobras is being planned to celebrate the 50 anniversary of this stupendous version of the all-conquering Cobra. The cars will carry genuine Shelby American serial numbers – CSX4550 to CSX4599 – along with an anniversary badge stating the car’s unique number (1 of 50, 2 of 50, and so on).

The Queen has paid her tribute; we’ve paid ours – now it’s time for Sir Stirling Moss, Sir Jackie Stewart and others familiar with Dewis’s work to explain why he so deserved his recent Order of the British Empire.

Video: Jaguar

Yep, we’ve all seen it: the Giulia-wielding Italian police hopelessly pursuing Charlie Croker’s gold-laden Minis in The Italian Job. In reality, short work would have been made of the trio, for the Italian police forces, particularly the enigmatic Carabinieri (the national military police), were – and still are ­– a force to be reckoned with. 

Blue lights and sirens... on a convertible Porsche?

The 40 classics selected range from the dawn of the motor car (including the earliest Lagonda) right the way through to the relatively modern era, with classics such as the Jaguar XJ220 and Bugatti EB110 supercars.