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300mpg, on the road – Part two, the drive

The ‘1-litre’ car was ready, but no amount of testing could prepare for bad weather, roadworks and marauding journalists. Dr Ulrich Eichhorn recalls what happened next

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300mpg, on the road – Part one

Designing a car that would use just one litre of fuel for every 100km travelled seemed an impossible task. Then again, Dr Ulrich Eichhorn likes a challenge…

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The cars that made me

In busy streets the world over, cars influenced by Dr Ulrich Eichhorn drive by every few seconds. But which cars most influenced him?

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Yaw centre: why it matters

It’s so little known even some chassis engineers don’t really understand it. But if your car is to feel as it should, getting it right is absolutely vital, says Dr Ulrich Eichhorn

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Steering clear

Dr Ulrich Eichhorn says that with understeer, the front slides. Oversteer, the rear slides. Right? Actually, it’s rather more complicated than that

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Bentley’s dozen – Part two

How the W12 turned Crewe into the global capital for 12-cylinder engine production, by Dr Ulrich Eichhorn, who was in charge of its development

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Bentley’s dozen – Part one

Bentley’s unique W12 will soon go out of production. Dr Ulrich Eichhorn explains how and why it gained its unusual configuration

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Breaking the ice record

Doing 200mph is one thing, but doing it on ice is quite another. Dr Ulrich Eichhorn recalls his part in one of the maddest record attempts ever

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