Check out loads more news at WWW.CLASSICS-WORLD.CO.UK C lassic car buyers are being warned to be extra vigilant against a rise in fraudsters seeking to cheat consumers who are purchasing or selling cars privately online. According to Close Brothers

The original XJ was the culmination of over 20 years’ work by William Lyons to create what he deemed to be the perfect luxury saloon car. But one final item still had to be introduced to turn the XJ into a true flagship, and that happened in 1972 wit

See more of our project cars on our Classics World YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/ClassicsWorldUK With the recent bad weather and various deadlines to worry about, work on the Kelsey fleet of classics has been limited over the past few weeks. So

By 1988, the Mini had come through the worst of it. Sales had hit an all-time low of 33,700 in 1986 and then began to creep back up. By the time this F-reg example was made, Mini production was at its highest level since 1983 and would soon pop above

38 It’s a fact of life that all good things must come to an end eventually. Ford’s domination of the passenger car market and its long-running battle with Vauxhall is one such example, and it’s one that inspired the theme of this issue. Sadly, anoth

TheTR5 simultaneously marked the end of one era and the beginning of another for Triumph’s TR range. While the styling remained familiar, retaining the handsome Michelotti-designed body of the TR4 and TR4A, a 150bhp six-cylinder engine made the car f

The model designations of Volvo’s Amazon range are among the world’s great impenetrable mysteries. First on sale as a four-door saloon in 1957 and running until 1970, it only used the ‘Amazon’ label in Nordic countries after motorbike maker Kriedler

With the winter blues disappearing and the summer shows ever closer, the UK’s auction houses have continued to display their resilience with another round of strong recent sales. And while we’re still nowhere near the f renzied sales that occurred du

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I’m not exactly hooked on social media. I can count the number of times I’ve visited Twitter or Instagram on the fingers of one hand (minus the thumb), and am completely ignorant of the ways of TikTok. I have, however, had a Facebook account for the

O ne of the deadliest battles in the automotive world is the one that has raged in the fleet and family sector between Detroit arch rivals Ford and General Motors. And here in Britain, that fight has meant Ford versus Vauxhall – a that was ramped up

Company cars used to be far more straightforward. Others tried to muscle in, but for decades the primary battle for company car park territory was between Ford and Vauxhall – with the Blue Oval consistently the dominant force. At least it was until t

Check out loads more news at WWW.CLASSICS-WORLD.CO.UK C lassic car specialists are urging caution over the values of older Fords following the world recordbreaking sale of a 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 last month. Market experts suggest the auct

Peugeot’s fabled 205 GTI is one of those modern classics which inevitably arouses fierce debate: even those who have never even sat in one of these fast but f rantic fliers will have an opinion as to whether it’s the revvy 1.6 or the torquey 1.9 that

A 1968 Rolls-Royce once owned by Sir Michael Caine has sold at auction with H&H for £135,000. The Silver Shadow Drophead Coupe was the actor’s first car, purchased for £10,511 when he was 35 years old – that’s almost £148,000 adjusted for inflation t

Current BMW models are often overshadowed by a strange controversy around the enormity of the grille. So, it seems peculiar to reflect on a time when BMW’s most insignificant feature was its nostrils. Instead, the wedge-shaped 8 Series is all about p

A lfa 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 p

Some classic cars are like the Morris Minor and MGB – simple machines with admirable spares availability, keen clubs, and a painless ownership experience. But owning some classics can be the automotive equivalent of a torture chamber; somewhere you’d

Toyota has something of a history with sports cars, beginning in the 1960s with the 2000GT and continuing the following decade via models like the Celica and Supra. It was in the late ’70s, however, that the company embarked upon an exciting new proj

My other half is currently learning to drive. And her experiences are reminding me of how it felt to be that inexperienced driver, hesitating at junctions in a liveried Fiesta, needing help with my clutch and unable to reverse around a corner. We wer

Check out loads more news at WWW.CLASSICS- WORLD.CO.UK A controversial new £110 million scrappage scheme operated by Transport for London (TfL) could spell disaster for thousands of the capital’s classic cars. The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) is s

After a short festive hiatus, the UK’s classic auction houses have returned to action with a glut of sales in recent weeks. And although it’s too early to draw any hard and fast conclusions from the results, we’ve already witnessed some eye-raising p

The original M-type Midget was so successful that MG saw little reason to change the formula, although incremental improvements were made to the breed. In 1934 came the P-type – very similar in appearance to the preceding J-type but boasting over 100

Mazda’s CEO in Europe, Martijn ten Brink, has confirmed that the MX-5 sports car “will never die." But in an interview at the recent Brussels Motor Show in Belgium, he confirmed that the technical specifications of the next generation have yet to be

When it comes to the cars celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2023, the humble Triumph 2000 might seem like a bit of a footnote alongside glamorous icons like the Porsche 911, Mercedes SL ‘Pagoda’ and Aston Martin DB5. And yet, the 2000 is of grea

Few could’ve blamed Vauxhall for casting envious glances in Ford’s direction. The Cortina had proved to be smash hit for the Blue Oval, with the Mk1 shaking up the family and fleet market, and the Mk2 knocking the BMC 1100 off its perch to become a U

The word iconic is often overused, but if any vehicle deserves it then it might just be this one. The subject of this month’s guide has been around for more than 70 years, and it’s been both a source of motoring enjoyment and acted as something of a