Classic and Collector Car News, Features and Interviews.
BMW are well known for their sports cars, their M Sport badge causing petrolhead hearts to skip a beat when they spot one emblazoned on the body work. Aggressive, loud and just a little brutish, the M5 and M3 are German cars where the rule book has been thrown away. The BMW Z8 however is not one of those cars despite its M5 sourced V8. It stands out as one…
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Launched in 1963, the Reliant Sabre Six was a replacement for the Reliant Sabre Four. The Sabre series cars were originally developed as a collaboration between Reliant in the UK and Autocars in Israel. This collaboration resulted in the Sabre sports car series, with the name originating from the Sabra cactus in Israel. The fibreglass body was based on the Ashley 1172 (see our article on the Ashley Sportiva) and…
Launched in 1969 at the Salon de Geneva, the Peugeot 504 Cabriolet was the pinnacle of the French marques designs in the late 1960s. Styled by Pininfarina, it was based on the Peugeot 504 saloon. The elegant cabriolet was powered by a 1796cc four cylinder, fuel injected engine which produced 97BHP. Power was sent to the rear wheels by a column mounted four speed transmission with a three speed automatic…
On the 27th of June we paid a visit to the famous Prescott Speed Hill Climb in the heart of the Cotswolds. We were collecting a part for our Bertone x1/9 and of course thought to ourselves, while there, it would be a shame not to stick around for some of the racing. The actual time trials for the Midsummer Speed Fest were taking place on the Sunday so the…
The dust has now settled on the 30th Hungarian Grand Prix, its result sending a warning shot across the bow of Mercedes as they enter the F1 summer break. For many teams and their fans, it was a day of success, relief and frustration. It was also a day reflection and sadness as everyone remembered Jules Bianchi. So for many, the enforced summer break comes at what seems like an…
Take to the Road is taking a break for the rest of the week as we are off to Hungary and the famous Hungaroring for the Hungarian Grand Prix. We are really looking forward to getting up close with some F1 cars and experiencing the action first hand (and not through the TV for a change). We will try and post live if we can from the track. Keep up…
The VW Golf GTi is a car that needs little introduction. It is one of the longest running production sport hatchbacks of all time and as a result, one of the most popular. It all started with the VW Golf GTi Mk1 Series 1. Many credit it with being the first hot hatch, but VW was actually pipped to the post by the Renault 5 Gordini and the Autobianchi A112…
The Alfa Romeo Spider is a car we are very familiar with. It was after all the car that starred in our second feature film (you can watch our film of Colin’s 1750 Spider Veloce again here). To briefly summarise the history of the Alfa Romeo Duetto, it was launched in 1966 and was designed by Pininfarina. It was the last design project that was personally associated with the great…
Back in April we featured an extremely rare Bitter SC which was for sale on the Isle of Man. It was an interesting design that got us looking into the history of Bitter GMBH. Bitter only built two production models during its troubled history, making them very rare cars indeed. Especially the Bitter CD. As a result they don’t come up for sale very often. The Bitter SC originally began…