The atomic age

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

JAMES ATTWOOD Illya, shall we start with your Mini, given that it’s from 2001? ILLYA VERPRAET It’s significant on a number of levels. Originally it was meant to be just a car, but BMW built a whole br

If you told a Triumph dealer in 1965 that less than two decades later the famous name would have been last seen on a British-built Honda, they would probably have regarded you as an eccentric. Some 60

It’s a quarter of a century since the last Issigonis-shape Mini was built, ending the run of Britain’s most enduring people’s car. We mark 25 years with an alphabetical trawl of Mini facts and figures

Patrese had jumped out of his V8 Juddpowered Formula 1 Williams after first qualifying on the Friday afternoon of the 1988 Italian Grand Prix and straight into a mount that wasn’t perhaps quite as dif

What if I told you there was a place in Japan where your wildest fantasies could be brought to life? Not that one. I’m talking about the one where the car in your garage looks as good as a 250 Testa R