Honda’s home-market secret

A Ford Escort RS 1800 that sold at auction in July for a record £276,848 is evidence of the growing appeal of modern classics to the Gen X and millennial generations, who now have the money and desire

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If anyone had suggested 20 years ago that a Mk2 Ford Escort would sell for more than a quarter of a million pounds, they would have been laughed out of court. Times have changed and the RS1800 has bec

= new entry this month. Cars in italics are no longer on sale. Issue no. is for our most recent major test of the car (D = Driven, F = feature, FF = Fast Fleet). Engine shows details of the car’s comb

£254,200 OTR/£XXXXX as tested/£5,077 pcm WHY IT’S HERE: What has a hybrid makeover – and Mulliner buffing – added to the world’s best grand tourer? DRIVER: Ollie Kew “THIS IS AN EXPERIENCE RESERVED fo

ICONIC: COLLECTOR CARS, SILVERSTONE FESTIVAL. 23 AUGUST.