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Tested : Princess vs Granada vs Renault 20

22 June 2022 Keith Adams 93

After the Princess received its O-Series engine in 1978, it was finally capable of battling with the rest of the best of the full-sized European opposition. The main target was […]

Tested : Ford Capri 2.8 Injection vs Triumph TR8

29 December 2020 Richard Truett 51

The Triumph TR8 was described as nothing less than the reinvention of the sports car when it was launched in the USA in 1980. When the Ford Capri Injection arrived […]

Vauxhall Cavalier Mk1, Talbot Solara and Ford Cortina 1.6L

Tested : Ford Cortina vs Talbot Solara vs Vauxhall Cavalier

27 November 2020 Keith Adams 93

Back in 1980, if you wanted the best business tool on wheels, you were given a Ford Cortina. Vauxhall and Talbot didn’t necessarily agree, offering the Cavalier and Solara instead. […]

Tested : MG Metro Turbo vs 205GTI vs XR2

7 November 2020 Keith Adams 82

Warm hatch wonders With fewer than 50 MG Metro Turbos left on the road in the UK, it’s time to celebrate one of the most fun sporting hatchbacks from the […]

Raise a glass to : 30 years of the Ford Sierra Sapphire

8 March 2017 Mike Humble 25

Mike Humble Here’s yet another one of those car birthdays that makes you feel old. Ford’s medicine to a customer base that still mourned the passing of Cortina came along thirty years ago. The old […]

First Drive : Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost

25 July 2012 Keith Adams 78

Keith Adams spends a week behind the wheel of Ford’s astonishing 1.0-litre Focus EcoBoost – and wonders if this UK designed three-pot really does represent the beginning of the end […]

Unsung Heroes : Ford Granada 1977-1985

16 November 2011 Mike Humble 115

Mike Humble takes a sideways look at one of the sheds that littered the highways and by-ways of the UK. The Ford Granada Mk2 might have smacked of Teutonic coolness, […]

Review : A week with the Ford Cortina 1600E

9 July 2008 Keith Adams 1

Thanks, once again, to the generosity of John Neville at Ford Heritage, I found myself behind the wheel of one of the collection’s fine cars this week. As you can […]