Failed british concept cars

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

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

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

A pair of UK-based enthusiasts has stumbled across a remarkable haul of British classics in Italy. The cars had been in the showroom of a local Austin Rover dealership that closed down during the earl

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?

My taste buds became attuned to the sweet tang of forbidden fruit via the Gran Turismo video game. Many a car fan of my generation waxes lyrical about how this game turned them into petrolheads, but t