Rolls-royce silver shadow

During the model’s production run from 1965 to 1980, almost 40,000 Silver Shadows left Rolls-Royce’s Crewe factory. This August, 170 of them, including related versions, gathered at Brooklands Museum

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

Losing Fisher & Ludlow (which had made monocoque bodies for the Standard 8 and 10) to the British Motor Corporation led Standard-Triumph to choose separate-chassis construction for its next small car.

(1962-1969)

Rootes’ Sixties sports car has it all – looks, charm and affordability. Here’s what to look for before you buy

The ’B coupé turns 60 this year. We look at why the chrome-bumper model remains a temptingly affordable, practical and hugely entertaining driving prospect