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This October marks 50 years since a heavily shielded spacecraft, the Soviet Union’s Venera 9, parachuted into the atmosphere of Venus. Then, having landed, it did something extraordinary: it beamed ba

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

There is something rather special about driving a car built in the 1800s. This 1899 Wolseley 3.5hp Voiturette’s single-cylinder motor first burst into life when Queen Victoria was on the throne and pr

We’re arriving at the sea in style, with the sounds of Cyril Davies and The Rhythm and Blues All-Stars blaring from the car radio. Now to find a parking space…

The world is awash in restomods, continuation cars and misty eyed tributes these days, cars that lean on stories from the past to charge exorbitant amounts in the present. Monterey Car Week is the epi

A pair of UK-based enthusiasts has stumbled across a remarkable haul of British classics in Italy. The cars had been in the showroom of a local Austin Rover dealership that closed down during the earl