Think of revolutionary, post-WW2 cars from Britain, and one small thought immediately comes to mind: the 1959 Mini. Twelve years before this country’s most famous car was launched, however, there was ...

A one-owner Rover 216S with 402,000 miles on the clock has been saved from scrappage by the Rover 200 and 400 Owners' Club.

It was called the Islero GT and it was the natural successor to the 400 GT. At 6,450,000 lire, it was expensive, but it had an exquisite interior and an impressive list of standard specification.

The Golf GTI story reads like the biography of a rock legend. It starts with enthusiasm and experimentation, then explodes into unimagined success. Before long, our hero is a household name. After ...

Enzo Ferrari declared it “the most beautiful car ever made”. It was a car driven by film stars, famous musicians and royalty. The first hatchback to hit 150mph. A sports car that looks as alluring at ...

Warwickshire-based Tolman Engineering has completed a new project, and a classic fast Ford is the latest hot hatchback to be meticulously restored. A total of 18 months has been spent transforming ...

The Isle of Islay, just off the west coast of Scotland, is home to around 3,000 inhabitants. Accessible from the mainland only by ferry or air, it’s an isolated place. Mobile phone signal is barely ...

Tiny kei cars have conquered Japan and spread around the world. They originated in 1949, as a way to get war-ravaged Japan back onto four wheels. Yet they have become more than mere transport – as ...

Peugeot celebrates its 210-year anniversary in 2020, making it the world’s oldest car company. Admittedly, it started as a family-run coffee mill in 1810, then began manufacturing bicycles, then salt ...

Very few cars have such a notorious reputation, or such a place in automotive folklore, as the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton. Subjected to a campaign by the Daily Mail to have it banned, and even mentioned ...

Warwickshire-based Tolman Engineering has revealed details of its new project, delivered just in time for Christmas. A 1968 Mini Cooper S MkII is the company’s latest restomod, completed after a ...

The only example of arguably the ultimate city car has gone on public sale for the first time. Revealed at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2018, the Aston Martin V8 Cygnet is a one-off built by the ...