A vision of a time 11 years before the M3 opened – and when Ford Prefects, Austin Cambridges and telegraph poles were everyday sights

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

The parking for Presto, where suddenly your pound is worth more with McVitie’s Swiss Rolls available for only 17½p each. Bargain!

THERE’S CLEARLY a love for Gordon Murray and his obsession with lightweight and fit-for-purpose cars among Octane writers and readers alike. There has also been a bit of coverage of the first hybrid c

Few cities, and no other capitals, can boast as rich an automotive history as Paris. The city of light counts Renault, Citroën, Facel Vega, Panhard et Levassor, Delage, Voisin, Talbot-Lago, DB and Dar

Year of manufacture 1970 Recorded mileage 58,940km Asking price €59,500 Vendor Gallery Aaldering, Brummen, The Netherlands; 0031 0575 564055; gallery-aaldering.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £5342 (1972) M