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?

We’re arriving at the sea in style, with the sounds of Cyril Davies and The Rhythm and Blues All-Stars blaring from the car radio. Now to find a parking space…

FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON

Who wouldn’t like to be beside the sea with cars like this around?

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

How was it that the Mini became ‘cool’ during the Swinging Sixties? We investigate by attempting to separate fact from fiction