Larger than life

It’s a quarter of a century since the last Issigonis-shape Mini was built, ending the run of Britain’s most enduring people’s car. We mark 25 years with an alphabetical trawl of Mini facts and figures

JAMES ATTWOOD Illya, shall we start with your Mini, given that it’s from 2001? ILLYA VERPRAET It’s significant on a number of levels. Originally it was meant to be just a car, but BMW built a whole br

It's five miles to Exeter and one car has a half a tank of Esso Extra – will it make it or end up at the roadside?

FAIRFIELD HALLS, CROYDON

John Simister gets under the skin of six classics that are now officially ‘historic’

FOR many people, classic cars evoke memories of simpler, happier times, an era when vehicles were more shapely and possessed a sense of personality. Among Britain’s most iconic vehicles is the Morris