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In 1961 the Beetle had 1192cc and had only just received an all-synchro ’box. It had been immensely successful, but nobody imagined it had decades more life in it. And Volkswagen wanted to expand beyo

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

2001-2005 From K-series smoothie to V6 firecracker, this Z-car is a performance car bargain

Deep breath, relax. Which of these elegant wafters would you choose?

IT’S hard to get excited by a Nissan Micra, but reclothe this rather mundane supermini as a retro urban runabout and you can create a level of hysteria usually reserved for cars powered by something r