December 1955 the strand, london

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?

The good thing about running two examples of the same model – 1964 Ford Galaxies in my case – is that you can contrast and compare by swapping parts around. Long before the recent round of work descri

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…

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

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