Classic and Collector Car News, Features and Interviews.
Auction Details: Classics Central Auctions Car: 1982 Triumph TR7 Lot no: 5 Auction Date: Sunday 8 November 2015 Estimate – £6,000 – £8,000 The Triumph TR7 needs little introduction as we featured a very fine example in one of our films back in August this year (watch our TR7 feature film here). That particular TR7 was in exceptionally good condition having being dry stored for well over a decade and…
So after weeks and weeks of social media inspired build up and anticipation, Back to the Future Day has finally arrived. Most of the discussions about the famous date of 21-10-2015 (or 10-21-2015 for our American friends) have centered around the fact that most things predicted in the film haven’t happened yet. Someone dropped the ball there. One thing that has remained true though is the DeLorean. Of all the…
Auction Details: SWVA Auctions Car: 1971 Maserati Indy Lot no: 58 Auction Date: Friday 30 October 2015 Estimate – £21,000 – £28,000 For the latest Take to the Road Auction Watch we have selected a very interesting and rare 1971 Maserati Indy. This particular model has the 4.7ltr V8 and is a rare RHD Indy. This is the second Maserati Indy we have featured on Take to the Road and…
Our Italian friends over at Demented Monkeys really love their cars. Especially the Mazda MX-5 (or Miata as it is also called). Often labelled as a “hair dressers car”, the MX-5 is the car that in many ways saved the image of the Japanese marque and has sold well over 900,000 of the compact little roadster. Mazda make good road cars but they are nowhere near as popular compared to…
Today marks a milestone for Take to the Road with the publication of our 100th post. It seems like only yesterday that we featured our first car (our Volvo P1800S film) so it has come around fast. So what classic car have we chosen for our 100th post? While researching for this article we decided we wanted something a bit special. Something unique. So we have chosen to feature a…
Launched in 1953 at the Turin Motor Show, the Lancia Appia was the Italian marques entry level family saloon. Named after the Roman Appian Way, the four door saloon shared many features with the more expensive Lancia Aurelia but was more basic in design. It debuted with a revolutionary, narrow angle, 1.1ltr V4 engine designed by Vittorio Jano (who would later design the Ferrari Dino V6). Despite producing just 38BHP,…
For me the De Tomaso Pantera is one of the ultimate super cars from the 1970s. It offers a driving experience that is rather different when compared to its other Italian rivals of the era. And it just looks and sounds amazing. It is a very simple statement to make but that, I feel, sums up the Pantera. As is normal for most petrolheads, I have a top ten list…
Gilbern is not a name that immediately springs to mind when you think of classic British sports cars. In fact not many people know about the former car maker that hailed from Wales. And even fewer are aware of its exciting two seat, rear engined sports coupe project from the 1970s. Founded in 1959 by Giles Smith and Bernard Friese, Gilbern was Wales’ only car maker. Both the former butcher…
The MG MGA is one of the most beautiful British sports cars ever created. There is a wonderful elegance to its lines and its low slung profile gives its a real sporting look, both in roadster and coupe form. When launched in 1955 at the Frankfurt Motorshow, the new two seater sports car replaced the ageing MG TF which had stayed in production for 19 years. The MG MGA represented…
Last year we stopped by St Christopher’s Classic Car Show in Orpington in Kent. It was a nice sized show with a great cross section of classics on display. And the event was all for a good cause, raising money for St Christopher’s Hospice. Last time round we didn’t take our Bertone x1/9 Gran Finale to the show as it was being worked on and wasn’t ready for showing. But this year…