The rally refugee that slays b-roads for laughs

Power/engine size: 118bhp/1.8 litre Engine/gearbox: V6/four-speed manual 0-60/top speed: 11.5 seconds/115mph Price new: £3,173 price now: from £750,000-£1m I'VE had a model of the Lancia Aurelia for m

August’s Silverstone Festival will play host to a massive 50th birthday bash for the Lotus Esprit – we drive each generation to get a sense of what makes this sports car so special

We find out if MG captured the spirit of its illustrious sports car past by driving three very different examples of the breed

The obvious question is whether it would have been easier to soup-up a stock Europa rather than streetify a 47. It’s a fair one, too, especially if you are unfamiliar with quite how different a Type 4

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In the history of noises getting better over time, the sound of metal on metal in an engine is one that never improves or disappears. This was confirmed as I sat on the grass verge of the A14 waiting