Part of the appeal of this job is naturally the variety but even after three decades writing about old cars for a living, few days offer such an extremes as a Honda NSX and Renault 4.
Having photographed and driven the pair within the space of just a few hours, we were idly contemplating the incongruous sight when it occurred to me that in one sense both cars are really very similar. Namely, in the sheer focus of their engineering and the way in which they were designed to do one job and do it very well. They also both follow a very minimalist philosophy, at least in the engineering sense: Honda’s hightech supercar took the fight to Ferrari with two fewer cylinders and rather less bulk, while being as simple to drive and as faultlessly reliable as a basic
