Issue April 2018 - Octane (2025)

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IN THIS ISSUEBreaking new ground 80 years apartJUST IMAGINE some 120 years ago driving the very first car to arrive in a country – and not some far-flung outpost that had dodged the first wave of the internal combustion engine, but a major European nation. This month Massimo Delbò is the lucky man who senses the echoes of that incredible experience in piloting a Peugeot that has recently broken a century of silence (p120).This magical contraption was the very first car in Italy, a vehicle that in the dying days of the 19th Century was so shocking to see that people crossed themselves or rode into ditches. Despite that initial reaction, it is also the very car that sparked a nation’s love affair with the automobile, a romance that would spiral to become the most intense on…2 min

IN THIS ISSUEFEATURINGDOUG NYE‘My heart sinks when I’m asked to write a brief tribute to a hero. It will never be adequate. One year at Pebble Beach, Dan Gurney turned the tables and started telling his friends all about this new English visitor. Dan Gurney for President? He would have had my vote.’ Doug’s tribute to the late, great racer starts on PAGE 88.ALEX TAPLEY‘We climb the banking, near 6500rpm, and I’m wedged in the footwell, one hand braced against the fuel tank and camera in the other, focusing on Joe Twyman at the wheel. I’m grinning like the Cheshire Cat and spy the same smile beneath his helmet. What a day!’ See Alex’s superb photos of the 911 RSR Turbo on PAGES 68-80.JAMES PAGE‘I grew up a racing fan in the…1 min

REGULARSJaguar unveils its ‘new’ D-type in Paris‘THE NEW D-TYPES WILL BE BUILT TO ORIGINAL LE MANS SPEC AND FOR PRIVATE ROAD OR TRACK USE ONLY’JAGUAR ANNOUNCED in Paris earlier this month that the next car in its run of continuation projects will be the iconic D-type and unveiled a spectacular engineering prototype to tempt buyers.Previous continuations programmes have had be founded on a very specific premise – fulfilling the original planned quota of Lightweight E-types or recreating the XKSS road cars that were destroyed in the factory fire of 1957 – and the run of 25 continuation D-types is said to honour the factory’s 1955 intention of building 100 examples of the sports racer. The cars will be handbuilt at Jaguar Land Rover Classic Works in Coventry and buyers will be able to choose short-nose or…2 min

REGULARSLister planning to conjure up a stormLister has aDDeD ‘specialist tuning company’ to its continuation car credentials by unveiling a highly modified Jaguar F-type called the Thunder. Named to succeed the Storm and packing an upgunned 5-litre V8, just 99 of the cars will be made and priced at £140,000 each. The Thunder will boast some 666bhp, with a top speed in excess of 200mph and 0-60mph coming up in a fraction over 3sec.Aside from having an extra 99bhp over the flagship Jaguar F-type SVR, the Lister Thunder is differentiated by custom-made carbonfibre front and rear bumpers, an extended splitter for greater downforce, Lister vents and decals. There will also be a carbonfibre bonnet option.Lister CEO Lawrence Whittaker said: ‘We came to the inaugural ExCel show last year and it was one of the best shows…1 min

Issue April 2018 - Octane (2025)

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