Steve cropley

I struggled for ages to find a label for the extraordinary photo here before finally coming up with: “Wife comments on styling of husband’s new Fiat Multipla”. As I’m sure you know, such an evocative

It creeps up on you, the Vintage Sports Car Club’s two-day meeting at Prescott hillclimb near Cheltenham, because if you’re like me, you’ve already worked your way through six weeks of car festivals w

A fascinating day at Silverstone watching qualifying for the British Grand Prix. I was a guest of Alpine, which turned out to be the golden ticket. Their French-run paddock base is a luxurious buildin

The previous weekend’s British Grand Prix was a timely prelude to the Goodwood Festival of Speed’s biggest-ever celebration from 10-13 July, marking 75 years of Formula One. More than 100 cars charted

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

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