17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1980 BURTON LOMAX 224
The one thing the 2CV certainly doesn’t posses is actual speed, but there have always been two ways of upping a car’s performance – you can either make it actually go faster or you can…
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Classic Car Road Tests
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1977 MINI 1000
British Leyland immediately began a programme of rationalisation, which resulted in the MkIII Mini of 1968. The sliding windows were upgraded to winding ones, although this meant that the hollow doors with the famous gin-carrying…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1976 BMW 2002 TII ALPINA REPLICA
The story goes that two senior BMW executives had the two-litre engine separately fitted to their company-issue 1602s and were so impressed by the extra pace given by the 100bhp M10 unit that they approached…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1969 MORRIS MINOR 1000
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…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – JAGUAR MKII 3.4
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…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1974 FORD CAPRI 3000 GHIA
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…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1971 RANGE ROVER
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…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1979 FORD CORTINA
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…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1999 BMW 840CI
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…
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17th February 2017
ROAD TEST – 1994 RANGE ROVER VOGUE SE
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…
