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The Downshift: Designer Ian Callum on His Car Collection

A car designer’s job is to draw cars that we, as automotive enthusiasts, desire. Few have rendered as much lust-worthy sheetmetal as ex-Jaguar (and Aston Martin, and Ford) designer Ian Callum. Angus MacKenzie sat down for a Zoom discussion of the cars he himself has been compelled to buy, from a 1930s Ford hotrod to a beloved Mini.

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