Porsche fans will find something for every budget in the May Brightwells sale, with the headliner being a real rarity in the shape of an early 356A Cabriolet. A 1956 example, it’s a Reutter-built car imported from Denmark and although currently runni

Indian car-maker, Maruti Suzuki, is celebrating its 30 millionth car, following just over 40 years of building Japanese models locally. Suzuki’s automobile production in India started in December 1983 with its first model, the Maruti 800 by Maruti Ud

Regardless of your position on climate change and the rise of the needlessly massive SUV, you can’t deny that the original Range Rover was a very significant vehicle. As launched in 1970, it was a long way from the luxury cruiser it’s become today an

A decade after the launch of the original Austin Metro came a reinvention of this bestseller, with crucial engineering changes seeing the old A-Series engine usurped by the thoroughly modern K-Series, enabling the new Rover Metro to be offered with a

The early 1960s market for middle-management cars was a rather conservative one, dominated by 3.0-litre cars such as big Farina saloons. But things were changing, and within a few years a new breed of more compact saloons emerged that would be far mo

During the 1960s, Jaguar’s saloon lineup was somewhat confusing – we got the Mk2, its 240 and 340 successors, the S-Type, the 420 and the Mk10/420G, plus Daimler-badged variants of several, meaning many of the offerings clashed and even competed in t

Anyone with even a modicum of automotive knowledge will know that Ford was once a class leader when it came to affordable cars — it had a knack for producing solidly engineered but uncomplicated designs at a price that even the most budget-conscious

Embracing the front-wheel drive concept of the original Mini and adding the versatility of a hatchback layout, the supermini was a new class of vehicle that could appeal to buyers who wanted compactness and economy whilst craving some of the creature

The Association of Heritage Engineers (AoHE) and the Classic Collective (Bicester) are joining forces with this year’s Kop Hill Climb event to showcase both sustainable liquid fuels and sustainable and recyclable lubricants. There will be a several d

When it comes to pioneering small and inexpensive sports cars, there’s no denying the role of MG. It all began as early as 1929, with the arrival of the M-Type Midget. Based on a Morris Minor chassis and powered by a Wolseley-derived 847cc OHC engine

It’s been said that the Austin Seven was Britain’s people’s car, but we’d suggest that the true British-built mass-mobiliser came later: the Morris Minor. Project Mosquito began development in 1941 as a replacement for the Morris Eight, with then jun

When Toyota launched the first mass-produced hybrid car in 1997 (although it didn’t export outside Japan until 1999), it chose the name Prius, the Latin word for “prior”, as it believed that the petrol-electric powertrain was ahead of its time and wo