Alfa Romeo Q2
We get to grips with a rather clever device that all but eliminates understeer, available on both the Alfa Romeo 147 and GT. “This, clearly, was no ordinary 147. It had, rather unnervingly, broken one of the laws of front wheel drive physics.”

Fiat Multipla
The new people mover from Fiat does away with those distinctively quirky looks, but does it retain the qualities which made it such a good overall package? “We’ve always been a fan of the Multipla, there’s been one on the Soper fleet since we elected to throw our genes into the general pool, and as a means of transporting the resulting progeny it’s proved peerless.”

Seventies Supercars
The stuff that dreams are made of…Andy Heywood finds out if they live up to reality after trying out a Ferrari Daytona and Maserati Ghibli. “How could it live up to my fantastic expectations? By driving the Daytona, I may be ending one of the greatest passions of my formative years and the truth may hurt.”

Alfa Romeo 2300
Featured is the car driven by Benito Mussolini – a great fan of Italian engineering - and his chauffeur in the 1936 Mille Miglia, and a car that is still driven regularly today. “It’s great to see such an important piece of history still active.”

Lancia
The first 100 years; an in-depth account by Peter Collins. “Accountants and bean counters will never be responsible for innovation or aesthetics and this is one reason why the story of Lancia is so volatile.”

Delta Belters
A group test of five superb examples of Lancia’s famous Delta integrale. “The preparation and condition of all the cars was superb, reflecting the passion and dedication of their meticulous owners.”

Lancia B24S Spider
Auto Italia finds a man who paid £375 for a Lancia Aurelia in 1966. It is now worth considerably more than that. “That could have bought him an awful lot of fireworks, but then he wouldn’t now have an asset worth comfortably into six figures, and rising…”

Forgotten Fiats
“Today the 132 has long since vanished from even the bargain section of the Auto Trader and it takes the truly dedicated and noble enthusiast to preserve the last survivors. Fortunately mild mannered accountant James Nicholson is just that sort of gentleman.”