Classic Car Buyer

We’ve spent the last few issues encouraging you to get out and embrace the classic car hobby now that winter is over – there are countless events and shows underway (Rustival was a success, our VolksWorld Show reunited the VW community and Japfest Si

Three of the eight historic cars that were previously stored at the Longbridge factory by MG Motor UK were unveiled at the British Motor Museum for the very first time on Tuesday, March 12. The MG TF GT prototype, Mini ‘Hot Rod’ and the MG RDX60 prot

Sealey’s pipe cutter features a smooth screw action and nickel-plated blade for increased cutting performance, and its design ensures that the spring mechanism always maintains the correct cutting pressure on the pipe — just the job if you like makin

Fears that in-person DVLA document support at approximately 5000 Post Offices could be lost from the end of the month have been allayed after a new deal was struck. There had been concerns that services such as vehicle tax renewals that were availabl

A Jaguar E-Type driven by Stirling Moss is to feature among the historic display cars at the second Bicester Scramble of 2024, which coincides with Drive It Day on Sunday, April 21. As well as Stirling, the car was also piloted by Win Percy, whose mo

The Joint Rover Clubs and MotoFest Coventry held a unique Rover Meteor Works Celebration event to mark the marque’s 140-year association with Coventry on March 16, attracting a wide variety of models to the city centre. Five historic Rovers lined up

You’ll need to be quick off the mark if you want to bid on one of a collection of a dozen cars from a deceased estate in Devon being put under the hammer by Charterhouse at the Haynes Motor Museum – the sale takes place as this issue hits the newssta

Hagerty has announced that the 10th anniversary edition of its Festival of the Unexceptional – a car show where mundane motors take pride of place – will feature Jonny Smith and Richard Porter as main stage guests when it is held at Grimsthorpe Castl

For the first time ever, FIVA (Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens) has been involved in an historic vehicle event for the visually impaired. Essentially a treasure hunt with historic vehicles, the navigators were all visually impaired yo

Great Yarmouth’s Wheels Festival is calling for classic, wacky and contemporary vehicle owners to join the free two-day motoring event, held on the Norfolk resort’s seafront on June 29-30. The are more than 250 vehicles already in the line-up, but th

First up, as my budget choice, is the Audi TT, specifically a Mk1 coupe and preferably the 1.8 four-cylinder turbo, either the 180bhp or 225bhp. I have one and simply love it. If anything, I think they’ve got better with age. The earliest examples ar

Yes, I know. The obvious choice for a budget drivers’ car… surely it’s the Mazda MX-5 isn’t it? Littering the free ads in their hundreds, Mazda’s ‘traditional British sports car without the oil leaks’ certainly ticks the box for affordability and is

Now spring has sprung, we’re all keen to get out and drive our classics in warmer, drier weather. There are plenty of cars that, sporting aspirations or not, encourage you to go for a drive just for the enjoyment, that liven up a trip to the shops. T

Misunderstood by many and traditionally derided by purists, the E36 Compact was BMW’s answer to early movements at the posher end of the hatchback market. Aimed squarely at the Volkswagen Golf and later its Audi A3 cousin, the Compact was something o

Thanks to the Mazda MX-5, small, fun roadsters became the fashionable thing during the 1990s. There are many you can pick from as affordable modern classics today, but the MX-5 is rot-prone and a bit too obvious, the MGF isn’t quite sharp enough for

When shopping for a drivers’ car on a budget, you need it to be more than the sum of its parts – and that’s where I firmly believe the Ford Puma scores. On paper, it’s all too easy to dismiss it as little more than a go-faster Mk4 Fiesta with modest

By our reckoning, there are just three car-derived vans you can buy new nowadays, and you’d recognise none of them as commercial vehicles unless someone told you. But rewind to the 1960s, and virtually every manufacturer offered a car-derived van or

After officialising the ‘S-Class’ moniker with 1972’s W116 – a car that immediately made the luxury car establishment like Rolls-Royce and Bentley look rather old-fashioned – Mercedes began work on its successor within a year. The 1973 oil crisis pro

Alfa Romeo’s range at the turn of the millennium offered some tempting choices – 156 and GTV amongst them – but in 2003 the decision became a little harder with the launch of the GT. Making its debut at that year’s Geneva Motor Show and going into pr

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2003 - The GT is introduced in March 2003 Geneva Motor Show, before going on sale in 2004. Initially, it is available with 2.0-litre JTS, 3.2-litre V6 and 1.9-litre diesel engines.  2006 - 1.9 JTD Q2 version launched with a limited-slip differential.

We often describe revised later version of Jaguars as “the car it should’ve been from the start”, and the same can be said of the Aston Martin DB7 GT. Classic & Sportscar Centre’s 2003 example arguably shows the DB7 at its best – the GT was the final

If a sporting British GT that looks gorgeous and goes like a supercar is on your shopping list, the Jaguar XKR does everything the Aston can do. The supercharged V8 offers a comparably exciting soundtrack, with lower entry price, better fuel economy

As cars continue to change, it’s refreshing to find one that stays exactly how we like it; the Morgan 4/4 is the longest-produced single car in history, and this1994 1.8-litre Zetec-powered example has been fastidiously maintained to ensure it’s here

Post-war people’s cars are a real sweet spot for great value classics, avoiding the demand for 1960s cars, but cheaper and easier to own than most pre-war models. The 1949 Ford Prefect offered by Classicwise is a case in point, on sale for a little o

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The VW Beetle road test video on our Classics World YouTube channel last week provoked plenty of comments following Joe calling it “the most iconic car ever”; user @adarbs6384 said “I wouldn’t say most iconic, I’d say ONE of the most. What about the

We celebrate Rover saloons through the ages, from the landmark P4 to the send-off 75. There’s plenty to love about the quirky Smart Roadster, but it’s not without its issues. We show you how to buy the plastic, fantastic sports car. A trio of early s