Sunbeam alpine (1959-’68)

ASKING £14,995 PRICE ENGINE 1570cc/4-cyl/DOHC POWER 109bhp@5600rpm ...

P38s are often seen as a challenging DIY-maintenance money pits but a well-chosen one can be a genuine pleasure to own – and, if you buy right, a bargain, too

‘They’re actually the same rear tyres as a Lamborghini Countach’s.’ A fun fact dispensed by this car’s eager owner, Dominic Taylor-Lane, as I’m hunched down behind it. It measures two full metres acro

It all started with Jean Rédélé razzing around in his Renault 4CV. The youngest Renault dealer in France following WW2, Rédélé cut his teeth – metaphorically, but perhaps also those of the transmissio

1939 Alvis 12/70 Special, 1958 Austin-Healey Sprite, 1972 Porsche 911T Berthold Dörrich WHEN MY BRITISH colleagues approached me as the publisher of Octane’s German edition to contribute to this secti

On visiting a specialist, be they strangers or old friends, I always look in the skips (I found a Jaguar E-type bonnet in the last one I checked) and the ‘graveyard’ area around the back. I’m just abo