The true story of the Triumphs that never were – by the man who made them

shape of things that could have been…

Shape of things that could have been… Triumph’s in-house stylist, John Ashford, had big ideas when it came to expanding the TR7 into a whole range of different cars. Five decades on, he explains why it wasn’t to be ‘I wasn’t too heavily involved in the original...
This is one of the most insane cars ever — driving it might make you go mad…

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Insanity for beginners The normally aspirated Lamborghini Countach teeters on the edge of reason, but a turbo version has to be the equivalent of a bespoke Versace straitjacket. Losing your marbles very, very rapidly indeed is guaranteed Words ROB SCORAHPhotography...