Lancia is Back!
When Simon Park set off for the Venice Film Festival, he had no idea that he was about to be presented with the plum story of the decade. Yes, Lancia really is bringing right-hand drive cars back to the UK in 2008, after a gap of some 14 years.

Alfa Romeo Brera V6 Q4
The flagship model in the new Brera range: the 3.2-litre JTS with its 260bhp V6 engine, and four-wheel drive. Charis Whitcombe takes this lickably lovely new car for a test drive, and revels in an engine which ‘screams its Italian heritage from the top of its six gleaming pistons to the tip of its quad-piped exhaust’.

Iso Grifo IR8
Tony Dron admires the superb craftsmanship of a restoration which has taken 28 years and £50,000 – and been worth every penny to the proud owner, Barry Twitchell. Dron is suitably impressed, and explains why it’s ‘the best Grifo I have ever seen, or am ever likely to see’.

Maserati Quattroporte IV
In the fourth of five instalments, Simon Park looks at the low-fat, high-fibre era of the Maserati Quattroporte – ‘far more lithe, sinewy and compact than any of its predecessors, especially the most recent of them. Taut and elegant from any angle, the 1990s model was also the most aerodynamic of the QPs. And the quickest, by far – up to that point’.

Autodelta Alfa 156 JTS Super
Richard Dredge discovers how Autodelta has turned the tame 2-litre JTS engine into a GTA-beater – with the creation of the only Alfa Romeo in the world powered by a supercharged petrol engine that’s also equipped with direct injection. ‘Then consider that the Autodelta 2.0-litre 156 JTS Super offers the same performance as the 3.2-litre 156 GTA, yet it gets through around 25% less fuel in the process. Now are you sitting up and taking notice?’

Alfa Tipo 33 Concept Cars
‘Alfa Romeo’s Tipo 33 project was always controversial but even more so when some of the chassis were used to form the basis of several concept cars,’ says Peter Collins, as he takes us through the story of these fabulous cars – and answers the 40-year-old question: was the 1969 Alfa show car really a Ferrari?

Ferrari 330P
A very special Ferrari makes a rare public appearance. Says Peter Collins: ‘This car was a feature of a high period in Prancing Horse history. Born in 1964, it was part of Ferrari’s very successful sportscar team that was well into a long epoch-making period, carving out a serious niche for the story that has become the legend that is Ferrari.’

Expedition to Puglia
Roberto Giordanelli travels to Bari in the deep South of Italy, to visit Isotta Fraschini Motori and to discover some secret car collections – plus a rare stash of 150 classic motorbikes, most of them Moto Guzzi.

Le Mans Classic
Historic cars on the famous French circuit, as Peter Collins brings you a report from behind the scenes… starting on a rainy Sunday morning at 5am, with mechanics and miscellaneous pit-people stretched out and asleep in the garages.

Fiat Marea Weekend
After much searching, our Editor Phil Ward finally buys himself a Marea Weekend – and takes it to Tunit for a few performance tweaks.