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It's safe to say the @DoningtonParkUK circuit has changed quite a bit since 1936! Picture on the left from an @Autocar snapper in the aeroplane of Mr TB André, picture on the right from a Google satellite. You can read all about Donington's history at themotoringarchive.com.

Often it's painful to see what you could once have afforded. We've just spotted an ad for an Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ in a 1965 Autocar mag. Only £3275 in mint condition – about £45,000 in today's money. Nowadays you need a million! You can find much more at themotoringarchive.com

In the 1920s and 1930s, Autocar's magazine covers really were works of art. Here's a particularly lovely example from January 1937, advertising the latest Jaguar. You can browse through them all at themotoringarchive.com

How did @FIAT_UK mark the 1981 launch of the Panda? By getting 1969's Miss World and someone in a panda costume to deliver a giant cheque for £50,000 to the @WWF atop a specially painted car, of course! You can read all about the Mk1 Panda at themotoringarchive.com

Back in 1953, we saw this oddity racing at Snetterton: the Bristol-engined Golding-Cooper, driven by John Barber – a fishmonger from London. "Very fully streamlined" indeed, although we don't believe it ever achieved much. You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com

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As the new @BMW 7 Series is unveiled, we look back on the model's history. Which of the first four generations do you think looks best: that from 1977, 1986, 1994 or 2001? Poll below, and then you can read all about each of them at themotoringarchive.com.

On this day in 1972 we gorged on sports cars. Which would you take home? We spy some from Jaguar, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, AC, Ginetta, MG, Triumph, Lancia, Lotus, Morgan, Ford, Fiat, Alfa, Datsun, Opel, Volvo, Reliant, TVR... You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com

On this day in 1998, @Autocar scooped Britain's forthcoming retro-styled rival to the BMW 5 Series: the Jaguar S-Type. We got pretty close to the real thing with our artist's impression, don't you think? You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com.

On this day in 1993, we were disappointed as Audi cancelled the Quattro Spyder, despite a list of 3000 eager buyers. The sports coupé had a lightweight aluminium structure and a 2.8-litre V6. At least we got the A8 instead. You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com.

On this day in 1901, we reported on the latest city cars from American EV maker Columbia, which also offered a subscription service; talk about ahead of its time! Customers included Charles Rolls (pictured) and Queen Victoria. You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com.

On this day in 1963, @Autocar ran something of a Ford special. Here we see the rather varied quartet of Cortina, Zephyr, Anglia and short-lived Classic. You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com.

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On this day in 1984, @Autocar was road-testing the new Citroën Visa Convertible. And no, we have no clue what was going on in this cover image either! You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com

Let's find out which has the most enduring appeal...

On this day in 1990, @Autocar set out to find the best junior luxury saloon on the market. Despite it being the oldest of the four, we would have taken the Audi – but which one would you have asked your fleet manager for? You can read all about it at themotoringarchive.com.

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In 1928, King Amanullah of Afghanistan visited the Vickers-Armstrong factory in Sheffield. But what of use could be offered to a man who lived in a country with no metalled roads? Simple: a car with tank tracks at the rear!

This chassis, detailed by @Autocar in March 1907, is interesting not especially from a mechanical standpoint but because it was made by Thames Ironworks, whose staff had formed what became @WestHam United. Surely it's the only car ever to have been built by top football players?

One of the tempting reasons for buying an electric vehicle is the prospect of lower running costs, because as everybody knows, EVs are efficient users of energy. But are they really? moveelectric.com/e-cars/how-eff…