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SUMMER TYRE TEST 2025
Nine brands go head to head in our annual test, but which one should you put on your car?
10+ min |
August 13, 2025
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3 CAR GARAGE
Cut-price trio of low-emission vehicles for less than £37k
2 min |
August 13, 2025
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Massive Stellantis recall sparked by fear of engine fires
STELLANTIS is recalling 72,000 cars in the UK as part of a Europe-wide action to correct a problem where loosened nuts on a fuel pipe could potentially cause an engine fire.
1 min |
August 13, 2025
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Rolls-Royce Cullinan Series II
FIRST DRIVE A host of subtle updates improve the not-so-subtle Cullinan, and the Series II still provides a full Rolls-Royce experience
4 min |
August 13, 2025
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Swansong for Bugatti W16
JUST when you thought Bugatti's W16 era was done and dusted, the ultra-high-end brand has squeezed out one more model for a discerning customer.
1 min |
August 13, 2025
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INSIDE LINE ON AMG
WHAT IS MERCEDES-AMG? PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE BRAND
10 min |
August 13, 2025
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SOCIAL CREATURES
BYD wants to go viral with its Dolphin Surf, but Hyundai thinks its Inster could be an even bigger social butterfly. We put the small EVs to the test
10+ min |
August 13, 2025
Classic & Sports Car
RARE BENZ LEADS EIGHT-CAR HAUL
Tim Ashworth of auctioneer Manor Park Classics recently retrieved a set of eight cars from two different houses in Chorlton, Manchester, as part of a deceased estate. Two of them are very rare and unusual, even if their condition is far from perfect.
1 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
END OF AN ERA?
The Our classics equipe saddled up in early July for a final pilgrimage to the brilliant Le Mans Classic in its biennial form, before the entry splits for annual outings from next year
10 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVE
After a successful visit to the Normandy beaches for the 80th anniversary of D-Day in June 2024, a new trip appeared on the horizon for the Jeep this year.
5 min |
September 2025
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MORGAN AERO 8
Morgan's first super-sports car has now come of age, and makes a great high-performance modern classic with a retro flavour
2 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
JIM KRIER
This expat collector with an eye for Volkswagens has amassed an eclectic hoard
2 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
MOKE IS A TIME CAPSULE
The Alex Issigonis-designed Mini Moke was originally intended for military use as a lightweight, go-anywhere vehicle that could be dropped by parachute. On test it failed, mainly due to its small wheels and low power, so it was repurposed for recreational use. In this form it was produced from 1964-'68, with 14,518 cars made at Longbridge. It was also built in Australia and Portugal.
2 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
CHEVY MASTERS EPIC RALLY
HERO-ERA's Peking to Paris Motor Challenge, from 17 May-22 June, was the event's ninth running.
5 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
First - and only
This uniquely bodied Jaguar SS100 won Goodwood's first motor race in the hands of its creator. Now revived, it's back at the circuit where it starred
9 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
Thunder Cats
The Jaguar XJ220 had a famously troubled gestation, but the 200mph supercar's limelight was almost stolen by an in-house skunkworks rival. How does the XJR-15 measure up?
10 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
On the verge of greatness
Monteverdi never quite made the mark its founder intended, but its early cars had rare appeal - as this immaculate 375L reveals
8 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
A VERY ENGLISH EXPERIENCE
Morgan's Experience Centre and factory tour make a must-see, must-do day out for all classic fans
6 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
Classic Nostalgia wows Shelsley Walsh crowds
Shelsley Walsh Speed Hill Climb put on a spectacular show for Classic Nostalgia on 19-20 July, paying tribute to Formula One, Colin McRae, Touring Cars and more, as crowds packed the hill despite the poor weather.
1 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
F1 IS CENTRE STAGE AT FOS
The previous weekend's British Grand Prix was a timely prelude to the Goodwood Festival of Speed's biggest-ever celebration from 10-13 July, marking 75 years of Formula One. More than 100 cars charted F1's history from the first World Championship race held at Silverstone in 1950, with appearances from champions including Sir Jackie Stewart, Nigel Mansell and Mario Andretti.
4 min |
September 2025
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FIRST HRG IS ALMOST FINISHED
One of Britain's most endearing sports cars is 90 years old in 2025, and its very first prototype is reemerging after a protracted mechanical overhaul. Ted Halford (ex-Vale Motors), Guy Robins (formerly of Trojan) and Ron Godfrey (ex-GN) joined forces to build a sports car, the HRG, in the belief that many manufacturers had sacrificed performance for styling and increased weight.
1 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
BERTONE'S HYBRID SAVIOUR
An Anglophile American and the MG TD were unlikely catalysts for an upturn in Bertone's fortunes, and the Arnolt-MG was the result
7 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
Anthem for the Phantom
The Phantom name has represented the pinnacle of Rolls-Royce for 100 years, appealing to royals, celebrities and despots in equal measure
5 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
THE RISE OF AUTOMOBILIA
Alongside values for classic cars, the motoring memorabilia market has also had increasing interest in recent years, with motorsport trinkets and decorative antiques achieving record sales. Gooding Christie's had its highest-ever automobilia sale result in April, at $1,485,469 from more than 500 lots. RM Sotheby's set the world record for a Formula One driver's helmet that same month, at £720k for Ayrton Senna's 1992 lid. In March, Burns & Co of Australia found an astonishing AUS$133,975 (£65,000) for a 100-year-old Shell enamel sign (below right), and in May, Cheffins set a record with a £9000 Benzole light-box.
1 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
RESTORED MINI READY TO ROLL
Nick Hunter of the Mini Cooper Register alerted us to Peter Watchman, who is no newcomer to Mini Coopers.
1 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
Martin BUCKLEY
Material from the BBC's 'golden age' tends to be recalled through a heavily rose-tinted lens. Apart from Fawlty Towers, certain Monty Python skits and a few documentaries, I'm not sure it was all that wonderful. Independent television seemed garishly commercial for middle-class tastes: nobody at my school was forbidden to watch it, but I've since learned that plenty of '70s posh kids were. But for all its cheesy game shows and episodes of Crossroads, ITV was the home of exciting action series of the ITC genre - The Persuaders!, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and The Saint are my earliest memories - and that was good enough for me.
2 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
Simon TAYLOR
A pleasing side effect of the ballyhoo surrounding F1: The Movie is remembering down-to-earth Irishman Martin Donnelly. Lewis Hamilton, one of the film’s producers, asked him to provide personal insights for a spectacular crash sequence and its aftermath.
2 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
Mick WALSH
The Cartier Style et Luxe at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrated four special anniversaries. They included Invicta, Alpina and the Ford Transit, but at 100 years old the Rolls-Royce Phantom is the longest-running model in automotive history (see p126).
2 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
Surrey's speed king
When John Coombs brought his competition expertise to the road, it resulted in some of the most exclusive Jaguars of the 1960s
9 min |
September 2025
Classic & Sports Car
“Why I survived, I have no idea. It's just luck and circumstances”
Thierry Boutsen reflects on a career that mixed success with some huge crashes at the highest levels of single-seater and sports-car racing
10+ min |