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

A pair of UK-based enthusiasts has stumbled across a remarkable haul of British classics in Italy. The cars had been in the showroom of a local Austin Rover dealership that closed down during the earl

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

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

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?

If you told a Triumph dealer in 1965 that less than two decades later the famous name would have been last seen on a British-built Honda, they would probably have regarded you as an eccentric. Some 60