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ro-Touring is a relatively new style that has washed over to these shores from the land of the free and opportunity. The concept behind the style is to keep the car’s body looking relatively original (with the option of body kits in some cases)
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speaking the Pro-Touring definition applies mainly to muscle cars. Steven Cox, for example, works with Land Rovers by day, and people are forever modernising those while keeping them looking standard. But since when was a Land Rover capable of being Pro-anything?
‘I’ve always had a strong interest in my cars since I was young,’ he says. ‘Back in South Africa, growing up I learnt most things from my Dad and my Grandad during my first car ownership. ‘I’ve always had a huge passion to work on cars, making them into what I feel they should be and sorting any issues along the way. I’ve always strived to live for the day and jump on every opportunity that arises, and this has enabled me to slowly build my way up to better and more powerful vehicles, be they on two or four wheels.’ In 2016, my dad was finally at a point in his life where he could treat himself to
Steven might work on vehicles made in Solihull, but his heart lies further west but with modern and enhanced suspension, brakes and wheels. This is a formula you can apply to almost any vehicle of a certain age, however strictly
Steven wasn’t about to be that guy. And anyway, he might work on vehicles made in Solihull but his heart lies further west. To put it bluntly, he’s a Mustang man.
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