John heffernan

THE CLASSIC CAR world sometimes behaves as if Friedhelm Loh has come out of nowhere, an unheard-of collector who has burst onto the scene since Covid, waving around wads of cash and buying up all the

I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Further to the Aston Vantage and Ford Capri story (January), I thought my experience of the original X-Pack Capri may be of interest. I started an apprenticeship at FoMoCo in 1974 including various pl

TopGear: We heard that many years ago you had sketched a ‘Veyron facelift’ that never came to be. Is that true? Tell us the story. Frank Heyl: Yes, there was an inbetween stage. We were working on the

As we slowly emerge from the gloom of a British winter it is worth remembering sunnier times past and looking forward to more to come. As well as designing cars I am lucky enough to also be a judge at