Aston Martin is now making new parts for classic cars, like the DB4, DB5 and DB6, including gearboxes, cylinder heads and engine blocks. Car makers with a storied history – like Aston Martin and Jaguar – need their history to stay alive to drive their new car sales, but they have also been busy keeping […]
Range Rover Classic by Inverted gets 450bhp electric Tesla power
The Range Rover Classic gets an electric makeover from Inverted with 450bhp Tesla power and prices starting at £270,000. Whatever your take is on the conversion of classic cars to electric cars, it seems the trend is here to stay as well-heeled motorists flock to make classics a daily driver with EV power and modern […]
1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 sells for an INCREDIBLE £596,250
An ‘As New’ 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 went across the auction block at Silverstone Auctions this weekend, selling for £596,250. We’ve seen ‘Fast Fords’ from the 1980s turn from unsellable to desirable in the last few years as those who lusted after one from afar in their youth hit middle age and find themselves […]
Rare 1961 Bentley S2 Continental EV conversion – Smart or Sacrilege?
Luxury EV conversion specialists Lunaz Design has converted a rare 1961 Bentley S2 Continental to electric power. But is it sacrilege? Like many petrolheads, we find the conversion of classic cars to electric a proper quandary. Yes, turning them EV does potentially make them more practical as an everyday car but, especially if the classic […]
Could this ‘As-New’ Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 fetch £180k?
A 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 in as-new condition and just 5,000 miles goes up for sale at Silverstone Auctions this month. It’s not exactly an age since old fast Fords were almost unsaleable, but as wannabe fast Ford owners from the ’70s and ’80s got to the stage in life where they could splash […]
A ROYAL Land Rover Series 1 up for grabs – could fetch £150,000
A Land Rover Series 1 used by the Queen and Prince Philip at Balmoral is expected to fetch up to £150,000 at Silverstone’s Auction. The Land Rover Defender and its predecessors – the Series 1, 2 and 3 models – lasted for more than 70 years and symbolised all things British across the globe, surpassed […]
Jaguar C-Type Edition 70 – a pair of extra special C-Type Continuation models
Jaguar Classic announces a pair of special edition C-Type Continuation models – the Jaguar C-Type Edition 70 – to celebrate 1953’s Le Mans successes. Jaguar Land Rover may be struggling as Jaguar hibernates ahead of an EV explosion to come, and Covid and Chips stymie car production meaning an ever-growing order book, for Land Rover […]
Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 CELEBRATES Beatles Love Me Do debut with London Tour
On the 60th anniversary of the release of the Beatles’ debut single, Love Me Do, a Lamborghini 400 GT 2+2 celebrates with a London tour. It’s 60 years this week since the Beatles released their first single, Love Me Do, and launched a pop phenomenon the likes of which had never been seen before or […]
James Bond Aston Martin DB5 replica stunt car sells for £2.9million
A replica Aston Martin DB5 stunt car which featured in No Time To Die fetches £2.9 million at auction in London in aid of charity. Back in July, we reported on a charity auction featuring cars and more from 60 years of James Bond films, with the headline lots undoubtedly Aston Martins. Now parts of […]
The BMW 1602 Electric Drive – BMW’s first ELECTRIC car – is 50 years old this month
The BMW 1602 Electric Drive, BMW’s first electric car, debuted 50 years ago this month at the Munich Olympics in 1972. What’s the first electric car from BMW? Most of us suppose it’s the electric BMW i3, which has just gone out of production after nearly a decade on sale, but it’s not. In fact, […]