Minimal-mile silver spur up for sale

RM SOTHEBY’S, CLIVEDEN HOUSE. 8 JULY

Barely-used classic Jag haul tipped to fire bidders up at Silverstone next month

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.

The classics you love, drive and restore

H&H CLASSICS, MILLBROOK PROVING GROUND. 25 JUNE

ACA, KING’S LYNN. 14-15 JUNE