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

John recalls some standout motors of 1985…

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

Forever car, forever memories. ‘This car is ...

Alfasud designer Giorgetto Giugiaro was given carte blanche by Volkswagen to design the Golf, the Italian chosen because he’d studied manufacturing methods. The car entered production with minimal cha

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?