May 5 2021

Classic Car Buyer

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The Big Images
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Look, No Hands
The government has paved the way for drivers to take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel on UK motorways, by announcing that self-driving vehicles could be allowed on public roads by the end of this year. The Department for Transport (DfT
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Lotus Announces Final ICE Hurrah
Lotus has announced that a new model, to be called the Emira, will be its last car to be powered by a conventional internal combustion engine. It was widely expected that the new car, codenamed Type 131, would be either electric or hybrid, but that w
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Crackdown On MoT Fraud
Sign up to our newsletter at www.classicsworld.co.uk The public are being urged by government to help protect people from unsafe vehicles by reporting instances of MoT fraud. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has published new guidance o
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HSA Recognised For Strong Partnership Development
The future of classic vehicles looks to be in very good hands, with the Heritage Skills Academy (HSA) receiving strong feedback for its work in instilling confidence in its apprentices and effectively matching them with employers following its first
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Welcome
Over the last ten days or so, we’ve seen two milestone anniversaries for two British-built cars – one beloved by the masses but held in disdain by a minority, and the other quite the opposite. I am of course referring to the 20th birthday of BMW’s MI
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MINI Celebrates 20 Years
We’re trying not to feel old at the realisation that BMW and its UK manufacturing plants in Oxford and Swindon are celebrating 20 years of MINI production. Last week marked two decades since the first new MINI rolled off the line in Oxford on April 2
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10km Skyline Set To Make History
The Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R has enjoyed years of rising prices, but now a barely used 2002 example could make history when it goes for auction in Japan. With the US just a short while away from being able to legally import the JDM legend thanks to it
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Bentleys Head To Auction
H&H Classics is to put a quintet of Mk6 Bentleys under the hammer during its auction at the Duxford Imperial War Museum on May 26 – all with notable first owners. Likely to command the highest price is a 1952 drophead coupe, clothed by Park Ward to i
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‘Youngtimers’ at London Concours
The London Concours has announced its latest class – this time celebrating German performance ‘Youngtimers’ from the 1980s and 1990s. Nine cars will make up the new class at the event, which takes place at the Honourable Artillery Company HQ from Jun
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Oldest Marina update
Unfairly slated and the subject of tedious piano jokes, the Morris Marina has finally enjoyed a period in the limelight over the past week as it celebrated the 50th anniversary of its launch on April 27, 1971. With that in mind, it seemed appropriate
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Huge Success For Drive-it-Day
It had to be a little different this year and many plans were not made until the 11th hour, but that didn’t stop the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Club’s National Drive-it-Day from being a huge success on Sunday April 25. The FBHVC was still
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News, Reviews And Latest Prices From The Auction Houses
Hot on the heels of its very successful recent sale, which was rescheduled from March until April to ensure it could be public-facing, Historics is back at Ascot Racecourse on May 15 with another varied selection of classic cars. Once again, the sale
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News, Reviews And Latest Prices From The Auction Houses
Mathewsons’ latest auction on April 23-24 is surely a contender for its biggest to date, with a whopping 475 lots of classic cars, bikes and memorabilia going under the hammer. The sales continue to be held behind closed doors for now, but that didn’
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Parry-Jones Fords
The original Focus was certainly ‘RPJ’s crowning achievement, redefining not only what a midsize Ford hatchback could be like to drive but setting new standards for its class and much of the wider industry. It has been described as one of the three g
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Small Renaults
Still the most successful French car of all time, and one of the best-sellers of automotive history, this was Renault’s first front-wheel drive product and is generally touted as the world’s first recognisably modern hatchback. It was described as ‘t
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Double Six
It’s a measure of the determination with which William Lyons drove his young car company ever forwards that in 1950 Jaguar was still relying on an old pushrod Standard engine for its larger cars, yet just 15 years later it had joined the ranks of the
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Sporting Chance
Few would deny that the 1970s were unkind to the British sports car. At the start of the decade there was already a growing sense that the car was less a glorious expression of personal freedom but growing social and environmental issue. A few years
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Classic Scenes
In a week which has seen sub-postmasters rejoicing as their convictions at the hands of a sub-standard Post Office IT system are overturned, here’s a reminder of the important part the small Post Office historically played in society, particularly in
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Ford Anglia 105e
When a car is described by its maker as ‘new’, it often turns out to be little more than a facelifted version of what’s gone before. But when Ford’s latest Anglia (codenamed 105E) made its debut at the 1959 Earl’s Court Motor Show, just about the onl
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Sales Spotlight
Contact: Sherwood Restorations Upton Road, Southwell, Notts NG25 01B Tel: 01636 812655 Even in the world of Triumph TR5s – the most valuable of all the TR series – a price northward of £80,000 is exceptional. Not that TR5s aren’t exceptional anyway,
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Daimler Sovereign
Contact: Classicwise Collection, North Laithes Farm, Eakring, NG22 0AN Tel: 01623 411476 One of the signs of a great bit of car design is if a car can still look appealing even when the showroom shine has worn off. Big Jaguars from the William Lyons
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Fiat 500 ‘Topolino’
Contact: Classic & Sportscar Centre West Knapton, Malton, N. Yorks YO17 8JB Tel: 01944 758000 Over £18,000 may seem like a lot of money for very little metal (and there is certainly very little metal in Fiat’s original ‘little mouse’) but like the Tr
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Back Box
When it comes to being a full-on car geek, I’ve well and truly got the t-shirt. The only thing is, you can’t see it because it’s always hidden beneath my anorak. And when it comes to being a full-on anorak, the signals are all there. Turn signals. My
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GROUP EDITOR PAUL WAGER FEATURES EDITOR JEFF RUGGLES DIGITAL CONTENT EDITOR MATT BELL PRODUCTION EDITOR JACK GROVER EDITORIAL ASSISTANT JOE MILLER SENIOR CONTRIBUTORS Iain Wakefield, Jack Grover, Peter Simpson CONTRIBUTORS Ian Cushway, Paul Guinness,

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