1999 evante gran premio

Mazda MX-5 co-creator Tom Matano passed away last week. We caught up with him back in 2019 to find out his story behind the sports car best-seller

(2001-2011)

Price new: From £18,950 Price now: £16,000-25,000 Engine: 1.8-litre, four-cylinder petrol Gearbox: Fivespeed manual Power/torque: 118bhp/165Nm 0-60mph: 5.8 seconds Top speed: 126mph HAD Lotus not come

ASKING £24,995 PRICE ENGINE (standard) 1558cc/4-cyl/DOHC POWER ...

Lotus broke the mould, quite literally, with the 1957 Earls Court Motor Show launch of its first ‘proper’ road car, albeit one developed with motorsport in mind. The precocious Type 14 Elite, with its

How quickly empires can fall and dynasties wither. Within living memory the Rootes Group, once one of the key players in the UK’s booming motor industry, was producing a range of sports saloons that w