Jaguar Classic is building eight C-Type continuation models to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Jaguar C-Type Sports Racer. Jaguar Classic has busy churning out ‘Continuation’ versions of the Lightweight E-type, XKSS and D-type, and now they have another continuation model to build and to flog – the Jaguar C-Type Continuation. The Jaguar C-Type was […]
1937 Bugatti Type 57S – ‘HIDDEN’ for 50 years – to fetch up to £7 Million
A rare 1937 Bugatti Type 57 – hidden from view for more than 50 years – hits Bonhams Auction in February with a £5-7 million estimate. The world may now think of Bugatti as the bonkers luxury hypercar brand owned by VW, but long before Volkswagen gobbled Bugatti up and started with the Veyron, it […]
Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation cars – FIVE in a line
As the Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation cars continue to be completed, Aston Martin gather five for a (probably) never to be repeated outing. It’s more than two years since Aston Martin revealed they were building a run of 25 James Bond DB5 Continuation cars, complete with (mostly) working gadgets to prise over £3 million […]
Electric Range Rover Classic joins Lunaz’s electric Jaguar, Roll-Royce and Bentley conversions
The Range Rover Classic is getting an electrified makeover by classic EV specialist Lunaz, with an initial run of 50 RRs from £294,000. We’ve already seen a number of electric classic car conversions from Lunaz, including Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls-Royce, but now Lunaz are turning their attention to the Range Rover Classic, in response to […]
AC Cobra Series 4–electric is AC’s second take on an electric Cobra – and it has PROPER poke
The AC Cobra Series 4–electric arrives as AC’s second take on an electric Cobra, this time with 617bhp and 0-62mph of 3.8 seconds. Back in July we revealed the AC Cobra Series 1 electric, a new electric take on the somewhat iconic AC Cobra as AC Cars looked for a niche for sales in a […]
Swindon Classic can turn your classic Mini in to an EV for £10k – but it’s really more than £35k
Swindon Classic announce a Classic Mini EV kit which will turn your original Mini in to an electric Mini for £8,850. But it’s really over £35k. Want to turn your classic Mini in to an electric car for a stylish and fun way to blat around town? If so, Swindon Classic look to have the […]
Calling VERY wealthy F1 fans – 1958 Vanwall F1 recreations up for grabs at £2 million
Sixty-two years on from when it won the first F1 Constructors title, Vanwall is back with a recreation of its Grand Prix-winning F1 car. If you’re an F1 fan who thinks Lewis Hamilton is distinctly old school, and that Williams is only fit for the back of the grid, then the name Vanwall will mean […]
Peugeot going in to Classic Car Restoration – a Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9 the first
Peugeot is going in to Classic Car Restoration with Aventure PEUGEOT, with the first restoration project a Peugeot 205 GTi 1.9. Car makers with a storied history find good business in restoring classic cars from their back catalogue – like Jaguar Land Rover Heritage – not only creating a useful revenue stream in the process […]
Mercedes 500 E turns 30 – Mercedes celebrates, ‘Superfan’ Rowan Atkinson smiles
The Mercedes 500 E – the forerunner of Mercedes’ AMG Performance range – turns 30 and Mercedes celebrate its place in history. When did Mercedes start to build ‘Performance’ saloons? Some may say it was the arrival of the 300 SEL 6.3 in the late 1960s, but the real start – pre-AMG Mercedes co-operation and […]
ELECTRIC MGB Roadster revealed – the RBW EV Roadster – and it’ll cost you £108,000
The wave of electric classic cars continues with British firm RBW revealing the RBW EV Roadster – an electric MGB Roadster – costing £108,ooo. There is something very appealing about a classic car made fit for the 21st century, delivering the style of a bygone age in a car that can be used every day. […]