Apart from dalliances with V8s (and begging an exception for a currently owned Ford twin-turbo V6), I’ve always had a preference for small road cars with simple engines. So why I should be seized by a

A REMARKABLE c1904 Opel Darracq is set to make its debut on the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on 2 November. Discovered stashed in the basement of a Hanover technical university in 1

The situation looks chaotic in this mid-Eighties dash for the Channel – but there are plenty of vehicles to keep classic car-spotters occupied

As an international concours judge, I feel qualified to say how the process works. You need a beautiful car with a solid story to start with, then, if necessary, a high-class restoration. A shakedown

Stephen Lickorish looks at the Porsche Carrera Cup, Porsche Sprint Challenge and MINI CHALLENGE stars who shone alongside the British Touring Car Championship

They said Antonio – later ‘Tony’ – Lago was ‘spietato ma con grande fascino’ (which is to say ‘ruthless, but charming’). And they said of his most famous car that it was ‘une veritable oeuvre d’art’.