
Opinion : Car of the Decade 2010s
The beginning of a new decade is a great opportunity to pause, reflect and consider. And so it proves the perfect opportunity to review what an amazing, tumultuous and fertile […]
The beginning of a new decade is a great opportunity to pause, reflect and consider. And so it proves the perfect opportunity to review what an amazing, tumultuous and fertile […]
Arguably, the Sixties were the years of style over substance. In many cases the engines were slightly warmed over from the previous decade but in others, although completely new, were […]
Was the Beetle really that great? And was Sir William Rootes really that foolish? This opinion piece was originally published in the Canadian paper Old Autos. It is reproduced here […]
We love receiving emails like this one. ‘Hi, I own an Austin Metro rally car with some interesting history and thought you might like to do a story on it.’ […]
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Here we are – another year older and probably not much wiser. It’s certainly been an interesting one – what with months and […]
It’s perhaps not surprising that the Mini was a big success in Ireland as the cars were launched at a time when British firms dominated the Irish car market. As […]
Mention British Leyland to anybody today and you will probably be told that it was a badly managed company that made terrible cars and its workforce were always on strike. […]
It’s that time of the year again, and you might be looking for something MINI related for a loved one – or perhaps yourself. Frank Stephenson, the Designer who gave […]
The Rover Metro/100 Series (R6) was about the most brilliant low-budget revamp of an existing model in automotive history – it really was extraordinary how the wide-track wishbone front end […]
Lotus was working with Chrysler in the mid-1980s/early 1990s on a number of programmes. The only one to make it to production was the DOHC cylinder head for Chrysler’s 2.2-litre […]
Only the geekiest of our readers will know what this car is, and yet it’ll look just familiar to just about everyone. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Chevrolet Hatch in […]
Some might say that a car as pretty as the Jaguar F-Type probably didn’t need facelifting. Although the X152 was said to be based upon a shortened XK platform, there’s […]
Back in 1982, BL Technology unveiled the interesting ECV3 Prototype. This fascinating family-sized hatchback was the first all-new prototype to be publicly released by Spen King’s Gaydon-based think tank, which was […]
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