Cars

Well, here we are. Would you believe that it’s four decades since the MG Metro 1300 was launched, and enthusiasts of the marque were getting all hot and bothered? But […]

Taken from the first-ever issue of What Car? magazine in November 1973, this test makes for a fascinating read and is a great insight into how road tests used to […]

The second ever Land Rover concept was revealed at the 2008 Detroit Motor Show, after being previewed to the press in December 2007. It was a design masterpiece, and few […]

The Triumph Stag might have looked like an absolute winner in the American market – it had glamour, style and panache, and yet it failed miserably. Chris Cowin recalls the […]

A 354km (220 mile), unregistered Austin Allegro Series 3 has come up for sale, some 41 years after leaving the production line at Longbridge… but there is a catch – […]

Last week, the Mondeo reached the end of the road and, with it, an unbroken 60-year line of popular Ford saloons which began in 1962. Keith Adams looks back on […]

The Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club and Rover Coupe Owners Club are teaming up to  commemorate a historic event that took place 30 years ago at Millbrook. You could […]

Now widely seen as a joke car by the general public, who misunderstood the market it was aimed at, the Morris Marina sold well in comparison with its British Leyland stablemates. How successful […]

Keith Adams tells the story of the Austin A30 and A35. Here we had a surprising technological leader and one of Britain’s most popular baby cars before the Mini’s arrival […]

Would you believe Lada Samaras, Porsche Boxsters, Saab 96s, 99s and 900s, Talbot Horizons, Talbot Solaras, Vauxhall Calibras and Mercedes-Benz GLCs amongst others were all built by Valmet in Finland? […]

The Rover SD1 was sold in India as the Standard 2000 and was that company’s new entry into the executive car market. There were one or two changes which rather […]

The new Rootes B Car programme would prove to be a departure from the model that preceded it, the Hillman Hunter. The main difference between the Hillman Avenger and Hunter […]

Well, the passage of time has played its cruel hand once more, and serves to remind us that we’re all getting older. And this time it’s the Austin Ambassador to […]

Was the Triumph Broadside one of the biggest missed opportunities of the British Leyland era? It was designed to take the best bits of the TR7 it was based on, […]

The first in a three-part story about the continuation of the Maestro’s afterlife in China. The acquisition of production rights for the Maestro in the late-1990s by Etsong was intended […]

The full story of how the front-wheel drive Vauxhall Cavalier overturned the Ford Sierra and Austin Montego in the UK fleet market during the 1980s. […]

One of the joys of being stuck at home is that there’s always a chance to go through the library and revisit some of those old books, magazines and other […]

Keith Adams tells the story of one of the most influential small cars of all time – the Peugeot 205. Launched in 1983 to reinvigorate its maker’s fortunes in the […]

We all know just how much of an underrated sporting saloon the Rover 620ti is. But back in the 1990s, Moss International tried to raise its profile by starting a […]