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Mazda MX-5 co-creator Tom Matano passed away last week. We caught up with him back in 2019 to find out his story behind the sports car best-seller

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

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

DRIVING IN the UK can be a mixed bag, but if there’s one thing this little MX-5 reaffirms it’s that you can still find joy even in mundane journeys. If you know your Mazdas, then you’ll appreciate tha

Price new: From £18,950 Price now: £16,000-25,000 Engine: 1.8-litre, four-cylinder petrol Gearbox: Fivespeed manual Power/torque: 118bhp/165Nm 0-60mph: 5.8 seconds Top speed: 126mph HAD Lotus not come

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