Guitar legend’s mercedes for sale

If it hadn’t been for a keen online rival bidder, you would now be reading about how I’d just bought a Renault Avantime and how I was embarking on an ill-judged foray into weird French car ownership.

Sam Bailey started the SL Shop almost 20 years ago. It has since moved at least twice, and today it has more than 15,000 customers on its books. Sam grew up helping his late father work on Pagodas, W1

SOLD BY RM SOTHEBY’S, £3.3M Anyone who has seen the (original) Italian Job will likely have clear memories of the opening scenes showing a Lamborghini Miura threading its way through the Italian alps

For its inaugural auction held during the Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este weekend (p12), Broad Arrow’s 24-25 May event at the nearby Villa Erba estate produced a remarkable reflection of the show car

The classics you love, drive and restore

ASKING £4650 PRICE ENGINE 4966cc/V8/DOHC POWER 302bhp@5600rpm TORQUE ...