So now, with no restrictions – other than the circumspection necessary for driving a highly valuable classic Ferrari on public roads – I’m about to discover what an ‘optimum’ 275 really feels like.

Heynes’ original idea for the XJ project in the early ’60s was to create a four-door, four-seat E-type, a low-slung sports saloon that would take the fight to the Europeans in the ’70s and recapture ...

In July 1966, while the rest of the country developed World Cup fever, Hine set about trying to cure the smoky engine that ...

His collection includes almost every classic make, including Fender, Epiphone, Gretsch, Martin, Sigma and Harley Benton.

As soon as the stunning blue-black Bugatti pulls out of specialist Ivan Dutton’s Oxfordshire base, it’s as if the supercharged coupé knows its way back to first owner Earl Howe’s estate. The return of ...

The little MG did just that straight away, taking class honours in the 1961 RAC Rally and the following year’s Rallye Monte-Carlo, while the two streamlined fastback ‘Jacobs’ Midgets did similar in ...

Hindsight, though, suggests that the two men had been in talks earlier, for the Healeys had used A90 running gear in the sleek two-seater. After WW2 Morgan reintroduced its 4/4, first powered by an ...

When we last published a Ford Escort Mk1 Buyerʼs guide ( Classic & Sports Car, April 2015), a show-condition RS 2000 was ...