Way back in the far off days of, erm, two months ago, my first entry on this website concerned the MG6 and my worry that the company was throwing away a generally good product due to a complete lack of … Continue reading
This review is, I feel, going to be slightly superfluous because is there anyone who hasn’t driven a Mini of some sort at least once? However this Mini is slightly special in that it’s an early one, being built in … Continue reading
The Land Rover Defender is 29 years old. It was way back in 1983, when the Falklands War had only just stopped being a current event, the Austin Maestro was cutting edge, Miami Vice set fashion trends and KC and … Continue reading
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If I were to sit down and plan my perfect Event, I really don’t think I could come up with something better than the Goodwood Revival. It has everything- a huge variety of old cars, a chance to get up … Continue reading
It had to happen. As an enthusiast of all things Leyland and an almost equally hopeless admirer of old French cars the time has come to combine the two. You see, I’ve long had this sneaking suspicion that British Leyland … Continue reading
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This one isn’t going to be much of a Trip Report, for the simple reason that it wasn’t much of a trip. I decided to mark my first weekend of living in Peterborough by visiting the Land Rover Owner Show … Continue reading
This week marked an important event in the life of the motor industry as a whole as the latest generation of Volkswagen Golf, the seventh since 1974, broke cover. Now I can appreciate Golfs and the older ones have a … Continue reading
British Leyland is best known as a chaotic company that build shoddy cars. That can be debated at length in itself but what is often forgotten is that BL was a huge corporate empire that including several other huge corporate … Continue reading
This week we take a look at two icons of motoring that are also national institutions in their home nations. Both were radical designs when they were introduced and between them they pretty much defined how small cars would be … Continue reading
Over the past 24 hours the bits of the Internet concerning old cars have been erupting in a mild panic. The cause stems from a post on the website of the ACE (Association of Car Enthusiasts). With the not-at-all-over-the-top title … Continue reading