A bit of rattle when starting a 2.2 CRDI Kia/Hyundai diesel might sound like hydraulic tappets filling, but the cause is almost certainly a worn timing chain that needs renewing before it fails. Peter Simpson reports.

Regular readers will know the 99 had quite an eventful summer holiday at the Le Mans Classic with the rest of the C&SC gang (News special, September). Several ‘issues’ occurred on its travels, meaning

Last month, Rick explored what had caused Tony Cull’s Triumph TR6C engine to give its former owner such trouble. This month, the question is how to stop it happening again

With prices of the X150 generation of the XK and XKR starting at £6k, is now the right time to buy one before they become classic, collectable and more valuable?

If you like the shape of the traditional XJ saloon that first appeared in 1968, then is the last of these models a keeper and future classic?

Our Triumph TR6C engine is causing Rick a few sleepless nights, so he’s taking extra precautions to ensure the blow-ups of its history are properly exorcised