Silverstone Classic are plotting a world record meeting of the Jaguar XJ220, aiming for more than 50 examples of Jaguar’s Classic Hypercar to be on show. The Silverstone Classic Event, held every summer at the Silverstone track, has managed in recent years to garner a bit of a reputation for gathering together large numbers of […]
1967 Austin-Healey 3000 MKIII – the LAST Big Healey off the production line – up for auction
The very last Austin-Healey 3000 MKIII to leave the production line in December 1967 is up for grabs at the Classic Car Auction with an estimate of £75-90,000. The Austin Healey 3000 arrived in 1959, and by 1967 when production ended it had turned in to the Austin-Healey 3000 MKIII with a 3.0 litre engine, big SUs and […]
‘Brand New’ 2009 Ford Focus RS expected to fetch MORE than a new Focus RS
A 2009 Ford Focus RS with just 45 miles from new is heading for auction with a pre-sale estimate of £32-36k, as much as a brand new 2017 Focus RS. The last Ford Focus RS was a cracking car, and in many ways more fun than the latest iteration of the fast Ford thanks to […]
THIS is the Range Rover Velar – in all its glory
This is the original 1969 Range Rover Velar – one of six prototypes of the original Range Rover – which spawned the entire Range Rover family. The world is about to meet the new Range Rover Velar at the Geneva Motor Show in a week or so, but it owes its existence entirely to this […]
1957 Jaguar XKSS should fetch £14 million at auction – and that’s a bargain
A 1957 Jaguar XKSS – one of just 16 built – is the first XKSS heading for auction in a decade and is expected to hit £14 million. Which makes it a real bargain. The Jaguar XKSS has been back in the news recently because Jaguar has decided to build the ‘missing’ nine XKSS’ which […]
Eagle Spyder GT officially launches as the first customer Spyder GT is completed
The Eagle Spyder GT officially joins the ranks of Eagle’s glorious Jaguar E-Type ‘Special Editions’ as the first customer Spyder GT is completed. It was in February last year that the Eagle Spyder GT was revealed, and it’s taken since then to complete the first car. But complete it is, and the first customer Eagle […]
Aston Martin follows Jaguar with the Aston Martin DB4 GT Continuation
The Aston Martin DB4 GT will live again as Aston Martin builds 25 new Lightweight continuation cars at Aston Martin works in Newport Pagnell. The Aston Martin DB4 GT is going back in to production in Newport Pagnell almost 60 years on from the original cars, with 25 new DB4 Gt Lightweights being built by […]
The glorious Jaguar XKSS reborn as Jaguar reveal the first ‘NEW’ XKSS in 60 years
The Jaguar XKSS is the latest car from Jaguar to be reborn, with nine ‘new’ XKSS being built and with a price tag of over £1 million. The first car is now complete. The Jaguar XKSS is perhaps the most desirable, and rarest, of classic Jaguars, with just 16 cars ever hitting the road after […]
1956 Le Mans-winning Jaguar D-Type sells for WORLD record $21.78 million
The Jaguar D-Type which won the 1956 Le Mans in the hands of Ecurie Ecosse has sold for a world record $21.78 million at RM’s Monterey auction. The first Jaguar D-Type to be sold in to private hands – chassis XKD 501 – has become the most expensive British car ever sold, reaching $21,78 million […]
Jaguar XJ13 will FINALLY run at Le Mans – 50 years on
The Jaguar XJ13 – a 1960s prototype mid-engined V12 Jaguar – will finally run at Le Mans, 50 years later than Jaguar had planned. The Jaguar XJ13 isn’t exactly the best known Jaguar, but that’s probably because there’s only one, and it never fulfilled what it was built for – to race at Le Mans […]