The big picture

The first use of ‘sports car’ is often credited to Vauxhall’s C10 Prince Henry, but in many ways the term would be better applied to this, the earlier 20hp A-type. Disarmingly handsome, low-slung and

Brake hard, drop to second, wipe the wheel as you thrust forwards again and gather the second apex, run wide on exit and then gun this Riley Brooklands down the very short straight accompanied by what

STOW-ON-THE-WOLD, GLOUCESTERSHIRE

ASKING £10,000 PRICE ENGINE 4253cc/6-cyl/DOHC POWER 200bhp@5000rpm TORQUE ...

It’s all about the fours: four cylinders, four valves, four camshafts, all conspiring to make Porsche’s 356A Carrera the stuff of dreams. Created at the behest of Ferry Porsche himself, the Carrera’s

ASKING £19,995 PRICE ENGINE 4196cc/V8/DOHC POWER 400bhp@6100rpm TORQUE ...