The electric Jaguar E-Type built last year by Jaguar Classics has had a headline appearance as Harry and Meghan used it to travel from Windsor Castle to Frogmore House. When the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge got married a few years ago, they left Buckingham Palace in Prince Charles’ Aston Martin DB6 Volante, and when […]
UK’s OLDEST Volkswagen Golf GTI up for grabs. But what’s it worth?
The oldest Volkswagen Golf GTI in the UK – one of 22 VW imported a year ahead of launch – is up for auction in June with a £30k estimate. Now the Classic Car market has gone stratospheric on values, attention has been turning to more recent car icons as classic car lovers look for […]
How much for the FIRST Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500? £100K? £125K? More?
The very first Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 is going under the hammer this month at Silverstone Auctions. But how much will it make as ‘Fast Ford’ prices keep on rising? In the last year we’ve seen some pretty chunky prices for relatively modern classic Fords, with Ford Escorts selling for almost £100k (more than £100k […]
Classic Morris Minor ELECTRIC – possibly the PERFECT City Car (video)
A small London startup – London Electric Cars – is producing electric conversion kits for cars including this, practically perfect, 1953 electric Morris Minor. The truth is, car users in cities tend to do just a handful of miles each day in their cars, so if there was a way to have a really cheap […]
Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 – Mercedes’ FIRST ‘Performance Saloon’ – is 50 years old
It’s 50 years since the Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL 6.3 arrived with the 6.3 litre V8 from the 600 and started an unstoppable rush to deliver saloon cars with sports car performance. We take it for granted today that Mercedes makes saloon cars which can be specced to have the performance of a sports car, but it […]
BMW reveals the ELECTRIC MINI – but it’s not what you’d expect
BMW has revealed the electric Mini in New York, but this electric Mini is a classic Mini complete with an electric powertrain. Perhaps the perfect urban EV? Update: After a bit of digging we’ve discovered just how petite the electric powertrain of this classic Mini is. Just 38bhp from its electric motor powered by 30 […]
1967 Lamborghini 400GT 2+2 – first owned by Paul McCartney – up for grabs
A rare 1967 Lamborghini 400GT 2+2, first owned by Paul McCartney, joins a Nick Mason Ferrari and Rod Stewart Lamborghini at Bonhams’ Goodwood Members Meeting sale. Bonhams’ Goodwood Members’ Meeting sale, which is held tomorrow, 18 March, has a trio of classic cars up for offer with distinct rock star pedigrees. Certainly the rarest car on […]
McLaren F1 ‘Continuation’ on the cards if Ferrari ‘revives’ the 250 GTO?
It looks like the Ferrari 250 GTO could arrive as a ‘continuation’ car in the next few years, but will McLaren follow suit with a continuation run of the McLaren F1. The current vogue by car makers with a heritage is to deliver ‘continuation’ runs of historic models, just as Jaguar has done with the […]
David Brown Automotive Speedback Silverstone Edition – 593bhp of Retro Seductiveness
David Brown Automotive has revealed their Speedback Silverstone Edition, complete with 593bhp and classic racing influences. Just 10 being built at £745k. David Brown Automotive has made a big success of its Speedback GT, managing to deliver an incredibly complete car with 1960s Aston Martin styling covering Jaguar XKR underpinnings and make it individual, rather […]
Volvo taking Sir Roger Moore’s Volvo 1800 S to Techno-Classica
Volvo are going to this year’s Techno-Classica Classic Car Show armed with Roger Moore’s Volvo 1800 S from The Saint, Håkan Samuelsson own 1800 and more. Volvo are now a very cool, Premium car company, having shaken off its chattering-class, brown furniture-lugging, safe but a bit boring image as it delivers a raft of new – […]