Anew world order was emerging in the British sports-car industry by 1980. British Leyland had failed to replace many of its long-playing favourites, such as the Jaguar E-type, MGB and Triumph Stag, le

Richard Barnett has found an AC Aceca that thinks it’s a Cobra. But is this pretty Ford V8-powered coupé also a bargain?

Something is not right. Racing cars are meant to be more difficult to drive than road cars; extra power and performance but less harnessed, so trickier to access and control than with the engineering

This original, unabashed 6 shows why the design is woth celebrating half a century on

Amid the industrial agonies and political intrigues that dogged the British Leyland empire in the 1970s, the MGB GT V8 is definitely one of the brighter spots. Rather like the Daimler SP250, it was a

Had things gone to plan, then the Bristol 412 wouldn’t exist at all. In an alternative world, the successor to the Series 5 Bristol Type 411, the Type 600, would have been launched in 1973, a year tha