Driving Dunhill Forward

Dunhill is back. Forget about the branded cigarettes and the gold-plated lighters. Long before Dunhill became associated with that guilty pleasure, it encouraged another: the love affair with the car. The company began life 112 years ago in London as a purveyor of automobile accessories and the name Dunhill became synonymous with the kind of high-end driving instruments the smart set bought. Company founder Alfred Dunhillwho famously declared that he sold "everything but the motor"retailed nonessentials for the car lover, from high-tech driving goggles and dashboard clocks to driving gloves, which he introduced to the world long before the brand began...

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