Not many clues are to be found on this rotten Peugeot 204, but the registration plate and a window sticker help place the car as an arrival from the Balearic Islands, specifically Palma de Mallorca. The references to 91/92 strongly suggest that this petrol-powered example would have arrived here around that time. I’d like to […]
Best known for their family runabouts, when Fiat took the occasional path into the upmarket coupe market, they were tagged with the usual ‘Poor man’s Ferrari’ tag. Built by OSI, the car received a favourable reception, partly due to its pace, ride and styling but the 70 or so cars that were imported into the
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The underrated Imp lived under the shadow of the Mini, but it had far more going for it than its sales suggested. Arriving four years after the Mini, it was powered by an advanced rear-mounted all-aluminium water-cooled 875cc engine. At the time, the VW Beetle, Fiat 600, Renault 8 and Simca 1000 were still all
The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally was considered the toughest, longest, and most ambitious rally ever known. Linking London to Mexico, 16,000 miles and six weeks of fast, high and long stages, it is generally accepted that very few subsequent events challenge it for sheer toughness. A get-together of cars and drivers was originally organised
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This is a selection of cars created to build a car industry. This was once quite a common practice, where proven designs would be built under licence to help establish a presence for local markets and eventual export. One of the first cars to achieve global coverage was the Soviet-era Lada, which was based on
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The Classic Car and Restoration Show is held every year at the end of March at the NEC, in which the focus is on the dedication and passion of the owner. The event is on for the whole weekend, and this year is made a bit more manageable by the relatively limited number of halls.
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Rover was still an independent company when the car was released in 1963, and the P6 was considered a brave attempt to guide the brand away from the traditional conservative Rover image. Cleverly focusing on a new generation of the emergence of younger affluent middle management customers, the Rover P6 captured the zeitgeist of the
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A celebration of cars produced at the Longbridge plant, this event was initially set up a year after the last car left the factory in 2006. Since then the nearby Cofton Park has served as the venue for the annual get-together for modern MG/Rover products as well as Riley, Austin, Morris, Rover, Triumph and Vanden
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Seen at the Classic Car & Restoration Show at the NEC in March 2023, the show has several focal points, but for many, the Footman James Barn Find stand is the one that resonates with visitors the most. Comprising of cars that have been recently discovered in long-term storage, I was instantly drawn to this
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The availability of cheaper and frugal cars has always been very much in the French national psyche, taking advantage of domestic tax laws. Thanks to their high gearing and lower-capacity low-stress engines, they were ideal for the fuel crisis. The brand had been a regular sight on British high streets since the late 1940s and
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