For all the rarity, fanfare and pub bragging rights, homologation specials often do not make hugely good road cars. Some are thinly veiled competition machines that are hideously uncomfortable and unr

Year of manufacture 1965 Recorded mileage 18,217 Asking price £79,000 Vendor Rawles Motorsport, Alton, Hampshire; 01420 23212; rawlesmotorsport.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £1106 Max power 148bhp Max t

Restomods appeal, but I’ve always felt some discomfort over plundering a perfectly good classic to build one. This successor to the Plus Six gets around that problem by offering the the look and feel

If any vehicle is emblematic of the declining value of pre-war machinery, it is this 1927 Star Vela. The last-known six-cylinder Star to survive in the UK, it’s for sale at just under £30,000 – or rou

ASKING £8750 PRICE ENGINE 2267cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 73bhp@4400rpm TORQUE ...

£254,200 OTR/£282,000 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 TOPGEAR’S BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT