Alfa Romeo dealer Bell & Colvill imported small numbers of Spiders in the 1980s and converted them to RHD. When it first appeared in 1966, the Spider was a great formula: all-alloy twin-cam, ...

Ferrari Dino 246GTS vs F355GTS, a rare Opel Ascona 400, 1950s British saloons and much more – the latest Classic & Sports Car ...

I originally created my Triumph Special 30 years ago, using full-size paper patterns. It loosely resembled an MG J2, being flat-sided with a slab tank. It was constructed from ¾in plywood with an ...

The R100’s case was helped by notable success in endurance events: in 1969, R100s won the Grand Prix of Singapore and Suzuka ...

Tony Collins, the founder of I Say, Ding Dong!, concedes that his business has “a silly name”.

Ford Zodiac MkII, Standard Vanguard Vignale, Austin A105 Westminster and Vauxhall Cresta PA gather as we rewind to the 1950s.

For all their apparent differences, the Lancia Thema 8.32 and Lotus Carlton share plenty. Both were created for the same reason: a large car manufacturer conferring its more exotic connections on to a ...

The Letchworth outfit reanimated the proposal in early 1971 after tobacco company HO Wills was coerced by Ogle chairman John ...

Despite Ferrari’s trademark, lightning-quick rack and trick rear-wheel steering, the 12Cilindri has natural responses whichever ‘ manettino ’ driving mode is selected on the steering-wheel-mounted ...

It is slightly ironic that Dante Giacosa, Fiat’s legendary design engineer and father of the 500, 600 and 850 models, became a poster boy for front-wheel drive in his final years, establishing with ...

At the time he owned a Bristol 404, an elegant coupé whose rear wings had small fins, vestiges of the 450’s, and it was through enthusiastic research that Boré discovered the 450 Le Mans. Of the four ...

The automatic transmission was also criticised for jerkiness at high revs: Mercedes persisted with its in-house fluid-coupling auto until the final US-model W108/9s in 1971-ʼ72. Topping the range of ...