Vauxhall astra

IT has now been 45 years since the Vauxhall Astra appeared on Britain’s roads – the original arrived in 1980, picking up where the Viva left off. We’ve since had eight generations, and most have been

MUCH LIKE MY local pub, The Kings Arms, which dates back to 1585, the Vauxhall Astra has a long and rich British heritage. Admittedly, the latter is now the work of multinational group Stellantis, but

ASKING £24,995 PRICE ENGINE 1998cc/4-cyl/OHC POWER 154bhp@6000rpm ...

Here’s a motor we all should have bought: this 1976 Ford Escort RS 1800, priced at a bit over £3000 when new, has just sold at a Historics auction in Berkshire for £279,000. Apparently this was Ford’s

WHY WE RAN IT With sports car pace and dog-friendly space, could this rapid wagon be the ultimate do-it-all daily driver? Too often purpose-built ‘driver’s cars’ make too many sacrifices in pursuit of

WHY WE RAN IT To find out if an approved used car is the best route into Tesla ownership I will admit to having had reservations about Tesla, and in particular the company’s owner, so it was hard not