4th May 2020
TIGER KING: 85 YEARS OF JAGUAR SPORTS CARS
It's not uncommon for companies to reinvent themselves within the car industry and Jaguar's name change from SS cars to Jaguar 85 years ago was one of the earliest. We look at 85 years of…
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24th April 2020
AUSTIN MAXI VS FORD CORTINA
The Ford Cortina and the Austin Maxi were radically different creations but both would have been on the same shopping list in the mid-1970s. Which has survived the years as the better classic?
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8th April 2020
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LAND ROVER
What started as a stop-gap model for post-war Rover became a best-selling phenomenon in its own right. The road to success, though, wasn’t easy. Good job it had four-wheel-drive then. Here’s the story of Land…
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31st March 2020
EARLY ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Electric vehicles have been around ever since the rechargeable battery was invented and in ten years’ time this type of propulsion is currently set to replace the internal combustion engine.
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27th March 2020
CONCEPT CARS THAT MADE IT TO PRODUCTION
The cars we can buy for the road are usually far detached from their concept beginnings. But what about the concept cars that managed to roll off the stands and onto the roads?
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3rd March 2020
LONGBRIDGE LEGENDS
A brand-new town has risen phoenix-like from the demolished assembly halls and ad hoc buildings that once made up the sprawling Longbridge production complex where this selection of classic Brummie-built favourites was created.
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25th February 2020
BEFORE THE CROSSOVERS: THE HUMBLE MPV
The MPV era was a bit of a flash in the pan, but a rush of talent has given us some great and some quirky cars to look back on.
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17th February 2020
OUT OF THE SHADOWS – ROLLS-ROYCE SILVER SPIRIT
Rolls-Royce went through a crucial line-up change in 1980, when the long-running Silver Shadow finally gave way to the Silver Spirit – a model noticeably different in style.
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10th February 2020
DAIMLER – THE JAGUAR YEARS
The Daimler Motor Company was purchased by Jaguar in 1960 and this long-established marque went on to survive for almost 50 years before being consigned to the history books. We look at a selection of…
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28th January 2020
ROVER AND OUT: THE FINAL YEARS OF MG ROVER
The Phoenix Four eked out the final five years from MG Rover. Twenty years on from the deal, we examine their legacy.
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14th January 2020
ELECTRIC MORRIS MINOR REVIEW
The recent surge in electric classics has mainly been a high-end business fuelled by manufacturer-backed conversions. We find a much more down-to-earth approach.
