Volkswagen type 3

James Walshe explains how to buy Standard-Triumph’s clever little sportscar superstar

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

Losing Fisher & Ludlow (which had made monocoque bodies for the Standard 8 and 10) to the British Motor Corporation led Standard-Triumph to choose separate-chassis construction for its next small car.

We drive one of this year’s Revival stars – Volkswagen’s first-generation VW Transporter

The classics you love, drive and restore

The ’B coupé turns 60 this year. We look at why the chrome-bumper model remains a temptingly affordable, practical and hugely entertaining driving prospect