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17th February 2017
Visiting Joe’s premises is a treat for anyone immersed in the hobby of messing about with old cars: In addition to acres of three-wheeler Reliants we found ourselves tripping over rarer Reliant products, including the…
17th February 2017
The sole example I’ve driven (a late 340 – I’ve actually driven more Daimler 250s than ‘real’ Jaguar MkIIs) was very enjoyable but, personally, I had to keep putting myself in the shoes of someone…
17th February 2017
In the wake of the 1973 Fuel Crisis, and in response to customer feedback, Ford decided to make the Capri a more practical daily driving propostion. Although the same length overall as the MkI, the…
17th February 2017
I’m one of those people who will, if the subject comes up (which it usually doesn’t), smugly say: “Oh yes, advertising doesn’t work on me!” Marketing, especially looking at the marketing for cars, is a…
17th February 2017
The MkIII has its own following (though not as popular in motorsport) but the MkIV cars produced from 1976 onwards are a rare sight both on the road and at car shows. Although technically they…
17th February 2017
Its successor, the 8-Series, on the other hand was greeted with confusion: in typical BMW style the firm decided to push upmarket and replaced the nimble six-cylinder 6-Series with a V12-powered GT-style coupe which was…
17th February 2017
The current models are technically more accomplished of course and offer diesel economy the V8 classic models can only dream of, but their general bulk and complexity means they’re no better off road than the…
17th February 2017
Volvo also trod a rather advanced engineering path, which means that even products from the ‘Sixties are easy to live with today. However, they are still not as sought after as many other classic premium…
17th February 2017
The later ‘X300’ model from 1994 onwards remains relatively plentiful but the XJ40 now seems to be one of those cars where you have the choice between the increasingly tatty examples clinging to an MoT…
17th February 2017
Created in 1979 by the simple expedient of designing a coupé body based around the platform of the original ‘E12’ 5-Series and adding 7-Series engines, the 6-Series was built for BMW by Karmann, which perhaps…
17th February 2017
Michelotti’s distinctive fastback styling is as neat as any Ferrari of the era and was originally commissioned as a GT version of the Spitfire, although the additional weight blunted the performance of the four-cylinder car…
