Get behind the wheel

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’

The first bearer of perhaps motoring’s most famous brand name and widely regarded as the first modern car, thanks mainly to its low-mounted engine. “The manner in which the gear lever is moved to obta

It's five miles to Exeter and one car has a half a tank of Esso Extra – will it make it or end up at the roadside?

There is something rather special about driving a car built in the 1800s. This 1899 Wolseley 3.5hp Voiturette’s single-cylinder motor first burst into life when Queen Victoria was on the throne and pr

How quickly empires can fall and dynasties wither. Within living memory the Rootes Group, once one of the key players in the UK’s booming motor industry, was producing a range of sports saloons that w

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