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Update 17/02/2016 We originally featured this rare and stunning 1970 RHD Maserati Ghibli SS on the 4th September last year. It is still offered for sale by Justin Banks and has an asking price of £274,995. More details can be found here on Justin Banks website. With the Concours of Elegance and Salon Prive taking place this week, we felt it would be appropriate to feature a car that would…
Auction Details: Classics Central Auctions Car: 1973 BMW E9 3.0 CSL Lot no: 33 Auction Date: Sunday 28 February 2016 Estimate – £90,000 – £95,000 For any dedicated petrolhead, there is one name that will guarantee to excite the moment it is mentioned. And that is the BMW E9 3.0 CSL. Even whispering its name is enough to make any BWM fan look into the distance, hoping for a glimpse…
Update 15/02/2016 This rare early and un-restored Porsche 928 which we featured on 6th March 2015 remains for sale with the same seller and is still priced at £19,995. More details can be found here on eBay. In the second of our collector series we have stumbled across an interesting early model Porsche 928. It is well know that the Porsche 928 was intended as a replacement for the legendary…
The Jaguar XJ40 has lived with a slightly tarnished image from the moment of its release in 1986. Like many other Jaguar models, it was tasked with succeeding a popular predecessor and for the XJ40, this was a tough task indeed. The Series 1-3 Jaguar XJ6 saloons were always considered attractive and represented to many of Jaguars core customers, the key principals of the marque. Those were grace, style, with…
Few classic cars stand for ruggedness and reliability as well as the Volvo Amazon. Launched in 1956, the mid sized saloon helped cement the Swedish car builders reputation on the international stage. Bearing a striking resemblance to the Chrysler 300 (though apparently inspired by a Kaiser), the Amazon was offered in four and two door guises. The rear wheel drive saloon debuted with the B16A 1583cc engine which produced 60BHP…
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We are delighted to announce that we have made it through to the finals of the 2016 UKBlog Awards! Yup, our second bit of exciting news of the day arrived in our inbox this morning. We are absolutely thrilled to have gotten through to the final. To have been been shortlisted in the Automotive category is just great. Over 2,000 blogs entered the awards with 73,352 votes cast. So we…
We’ve got a couple of bits of exciting news today. First up, we’ve been interviewed by the UK car finance provider Creditplus. They are featuring car sites that have entered the 2016 UKBlog Awards in the Automotive category. Creditplus asked us what Take to the Road is all about, what our first car was and what we are currently driving. And they asked us what our dream car would be……
The rise in popularity of classics in the past ten years, along with the dramatic rise in prices, has lead to increased demand for replica classic cars. Generally frowned upon by purists, many replicas started life as Toyota MR2’s only to be turned into poor imitations of a Ferrari Dino or Magnum PI’s crime fighting stallion. While the image of replica classics have often been tainted by these types of…
The final day of public voting in the 2016 UKBlog Awards has arrived with the polls closing at 9pm tonight UK time. We are on the homeward stretch right now and are really excited as to what the outcome might be. A big thank you to all our readers who have voted already! We really appreciate your support! If you could spare a few moments to cast one last vote…