Target acquired

From the depths of uncoolness, these four cars are bouncing back. Our resident arbiter of retro style finds out why they have – and others haven’t

The classics you love, drive and restore

(1996-2002)

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

FIVE CLASSIC TRIALS 1981 MORGAN 4/4 FOUR-SEATER

Morgan has always been in its own niche, with a following that defies analysis – and it strays from its 1930s-derived styling at its peril. The sleek, glassfibre Plus 4 Plus of 1963 bombed while the c