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Superminis

The small-car template set in the mid-1970s matured in the '80s. Front-wheel drive, a transverse four-cylinder engine with the gearbox and final drive on the end, and a hatchback body with three or five doors became the format for the majority of car sales in...

The Longest Night Of My Life—Ruth Roman

I was having fun on the Andrea Doria—a pleasant voyage with gay traveling companions, the joy of coming home with my little boy, Dickie. And then suddenly—a crash in the night—and Dickie and I were in the very middle of the worst sea tragedy of...

Great Designers—Giorgetto Giugiaro

A colossus in the world of design, Giorgetto Giugiaro is often regarded as the greatest car stylist of all time. A precocious talent, he showed an aptitude for design while still a teenager, and created some of the most beautiful car shapes in history. He...

Christmas Tree Brownies

MAKES 1 TRAY For the dough: 6 oz (170 g) dark couverture chocolate, 1 cup + 1½ tbsp (250 g) butter, 6 eggs, 1¼ cup (250 g) sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 pinch salt, 1¾ cups (220 g) flour, 2 cups (200 g) ground hazelnuts To dust...

Mini Christmas Cupcakes

MAKES 1 MINI-MUFFIN PAN (WITH 36 MINI-MUFFINS) For the dough: 1 1/3 cup (200 g) chopped sultanas, 1 1/3 cup (200 g) chopped raisins, ¾ cup (120 g) chopped currants, 4¼ oz (120 g) chopped candied cranberries, 4¼ fluid oz (1/8 l) brandy or rum, ½ cup...

Performance 4x4s

Fast cars took a radical new direction in the 1980s. Led by Audi’s Quattro, a new generation of performance machines adopted four wheel-drive for the first time, delivering optimum traction and improved handling. The Quattro was soon winning in rallies, where loose-surface traction is vital,...