Why we love 1985

The Midland Hotel’s fading splendour is the perfect backdrop for a trip down seaside memory lane

MOTOR SPORT 2026 DIARY Digital diaries on your smartphone or laptop are all very well, but there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned analogue paper version to count down the days. Ours is A5 size, com

Exactly two years ago we previewed the Bonhams sale of a Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 that Niki Lauda drove to second place in the 1984 Nürburgring Race of Champions organised by the marque to celebrate

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

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

It’s 40 years since Marty McFly went back in time in a DeLorean – the perfect excuse, then, to look at our favourite classic car stars from the Back to the Future trilogy