The accidental hero

What have I done? I have just spent about six times that which I’ve yet previously spent on a car, on a vehicle that has twice as many cylinders as I’m used to, will consume about double the amount of

This photo is 65 years old but a large number of the cars have survived

I took an interest in the Wolseley Hornet Special when I learnt that my father had acquired one as his first car, just after the Second World War. His Eustace Watkins-bodied two-seater was long gone b

Owning something powered by a dozen cylinders is the idle fancy of many of us. The silky-smooth torque delivery matched with a potent punch of performance when ‘the taps are opened’ is peak automotive

BANANA SKIDS IS EASILY ASSIGNED, BUT WHAT ABOUT the others? Delving into Barker’s cornucopia of cheap confectionery, we pluck some more sugary sticks from the multicoloured bag and lay them out on the

The V8 Vantage remains an automotive icon two decades on from its launch – still riotous to drive but now tantalisingly affordable