Cars

Given the values of Lola T70s today, you could be forgiven for writing off the two cars that appear in Lucas’s 1971 dystopian cult classic THX 1138 as glassfibre replicas, particularly as kitcar company FiberFab was listed in the credits. But at least one is known to be a genuine T70: chassis SL73/117. First sold as a road car in 1967, it was soon passed on to American actor James Garner’s racing team, where it entered several endurance races and came 2nd at the 1969 Daytona 24 Hours.

Back to the future

Ferrari 365 GTB/4

London Classic Car Show, 8-11 January

Gone rallying in a Cooper S

Held in previous years at Windsor Castle, St James’s Palace and Hampton Court Palace, the format for the 2015 Concours of Elegance remains unchanged: bringing together 60 of the world's finest cars at a picturesque location (with royal connections) in the UK.

New Year’s Eve – it’s always overrated, right? But for our Munich-based photographer Stefan Bogner, the New Year can’t come soon enough, for there’s been a project in the pipeline that he’s itching to share. The experimental photographic book beautifully documents Porsche’s flagship supercar, the 918 Spyder, on a criss-cross journey across Europe. Locations include the Weissach test facility, the Nürburgring, the almost infinite straights of Nardo, and the pretty Flüela Pass.

The exhibition, being held at the Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile in Turin until mid-March, celebrates Zagato’s influence on the industry since 1919 with nine important cars. Five of these will each represent an era of coachbuilding in collaboration with the manufacturers, from an Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 Testafissa Zagato of the 1910-20s Corse era, to an Alfa Romeo SZ of the 1980-90s CAD/CAM era.

James Knight, auctioneer at Bonhams