No more car-coats – it’s summer!

TYPICAL. Weeks of scorching summer weather, and as soon as we produce a rundown of our favourite second-hand convertibles, the heavens open. But all is not lost – thanks to modern drop-top technology,

The classics you love, drive and restore

John-Joe Vollans assesses the evolution of the hot hatch through two very different examples

Tom Andrews discovered a love for classics when he bought his neighbour’s VW Beetle

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

Here’s a motor we all should have bought: this 1976 Ford Escort RS 1800, priced at a bit over £3000 when new, has just sold at a Historics auction in Berkshire for £279,000. Apparently this was Ford’s