"Your first car isn’t really meant to be anything special. It’s a runabout, a box, something just to get you mobile in the initial period after obtaining that most precious of things: a driving licence. My friends all "
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Unique Aston Martin Jet 2+2 up for grabs – at a price
"It was the last car made by Bertone before the legendary Italian coachbuilder sank into bankruptcy. And for years, the British businessman behind the unique Aston Martin Jet 2+2 thought the moulds and models used to build his one-off shooting brake "
Rallycross: Oli Bennett Interview
"W. R. X. If you’re big into racing, those three letters stand for something special. Thrashing and bashing around the globe, the World Rallycross Championship pitches 600bhp hatchbacks against each other in short, sharp, multi-surface bouts. Blink and you’"
Jaguar F-Type
"My friends and family could tell some very interesting stories about me. I’ve often gotten myself into sticky situations. I’m an expert at hurting myself, I always seem to get lost, and I’m incredibly clumsy. I also "
Beautifully British: the Morris Minor turns 70
"In the four-wheeled world, 2018 is a notable year for ‘people’s cars’, those machines which sparked an affordable revolution. The original Fiat 'Nuova 500' may have been six decades old last year, but remarkably, the Volkswagen Beetle celebrates its eightieth "
The Strada survivor
"Brothers Nigel and Neal Davis weren’t quite sure what they were getting when they gathered up the scattered remains of a car from a Norfolk garden. They knew that it was unusual and built in Saxmundham, Suffolk, and that’"
A Tale of Two Electricities
"“I love the shape of a shooting brake.” Says Floris de Raadt, the proud owner of a bespoke green RemetzCar, as he winds the car through opulent streets of Kensington, where this car had been launched to a UK audience "
Spring Matsuri
"Damp earth and wet air and grey, grey sky. Snaking around in ribbons of concrete and asphalt, Rockingham Motor Speedway sits in a squelching, biting mass of British springtime. Stand for a second and the cold set to work, up "
Power to the people’s car: Volkswagen Up and Polo GTI
"It’s 1976. Volkswagen launches a car with no precedent. The Golf GTI creates a new sector, the hot hatchback. Credited as partly responsible for the demise of the traditional two-seater sports car in the 1970s, it was immediately a hit, "
BMW M1
"“Look!”, they shouted, as a thunderous roar rasped above the forest, cutting through the mist and skimming the treetops like a stone across water. A little girl desperately warning her father, “It’s going to crash, it’s going to "
The ‘ugly duckling’ Aston Martin would rather forget
"Aston Martin will launch six new models before 2023, and boss Andy Palmer promises each will be “the most beautiful car in its class”. Clearly nobody got the memo back in 2011 when it presented the Cygnet, a 98hp city car mocked "
Fancy a Modified Mustang? Check out the Steeda Q500 Enforcer
"1965 was an awesome year. The Mary Quant designed Mini Skirt appeared in London, The Beatles released the movie and album, Help!, J.K. Rowling was born, and the Ford Mustang was launched. Over a million Mustangs were produced in the "
Austin Allegro: 45 years of undeserved aggravation?
"The Austin Allegro. Forever derided and an almost permanent squatter in any ‘Britain’s Worst Car’ list. 2018 marks the Allegro’s 45th birthday, so perhaps the time has come for a re-evaluation. A drive in a showroom-fresh Allegro may help "