For the full story, we spoke to the man behind the stand, Cherished Vehicle Insurance manager Peter Barrett. As well as running a Triumph 2.5PI as a daily and his family owning an MGTF 160, Peter completes agreed value assessments on an everyday basis and as such was well qualified to decide the MGF’s fate.
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Staff Classics
REPORTING ON: Alfa Romeo GTV
Rootes Group - The Golden Years
The Rootes Group’s finest years commenced immediately after the end of the Second World War with the launch of a handful of brand-new models and lasted until the company was absorbed into the Chrysler empire in the middle of the following decade
MG ZT
The MG ZT was more than a Rover 75 in sports shoes. Much, much more. It was a performance saloon par excellence and today makes for a superb classic sporting bargain
MG Display Controversy
A classic vehicle insurer met with a mixed response at the Classic Motor Show when its display stand depicted a 1998 MGF apparently crushed by a WW2 Hellcat tank. But was this a sacrilegious act against a classic car, or an inspired promotional display?
Extra Ordinary
Exotics are usually the go-to classic investments, but a recent trend in everyday cars means more common street sights could be the way to go
Alternative Go
As the internal combustion engine’s fate seems in question, we look back at its past challengers
Death Of The Sports Car?
Another manufacturer belies its heritage to switch to SUVs
Cool Coupes
Every manufacturer was in on the ’90s coupe trend, stylish two-doors in abundance. But nearly three decades on, which are worth investing in?
Classic Scenes
Writing this as news reports bring us images of Sheffield residents trapped overnight in shopping centers by floods, we were struck by this image from October 1987.
500 Not Out
We identify some modern classics in danger of extinction... and the older cars which massively outnumber them
Google's Stadia is finally ‘free' now, but the game-streaming service still comes with caveats
The quotation marks are doing a lot of heavy lifting in that headline.
Google's Stadia is finally ‘free' now, but the game-streaming service still comes with caveats
The quotation marks are doing a lot of heavy lifting in that headline.
The Cat Ladies of Benzie County
I think you’re either a “cat person” or not. Is there an in between? I don’t know.
AR. BRIJESH SHAIJAL
Architects do the talking, as they wander through the world, pointing to architectural and design features they have loved along the way
Parents forgive daughter who stole their £130k
AN elderly couple have told of how they forgave the daughter jailed for stealing £130,000 from them.
Coca-Cola Philippines partners with Toyota for employee fleet
Coca-Cola Bever-ages Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI), the bottling arm of Coca-Cola in the Philippines, has tapped the country’s leading automotive company, Toyota Motor Philippines, Corp. (TMP), and leasing partner Orix Rental Corporation (ORC) to provide new vehicles for its sales personnel— strengthening an already extensive fleet to better meet the needs of the Philippine market.
Getting stuck in
Do you fancy hedge-laying, leading guided walks, inspiring kids to love the countryside, or even rescuing a sheep from a river? It’s all included in a day in the life of a Cotswold Voluntary Warden
Cotswolds Champions
A newly launched £400,000 programme is set to promote projects that lead the way in looking after the Cotswolds
S FOR SUSPENSION
Putting the Sport back in the Low Rider S …
AS HAPPY AS A PIG IN MUD!
City slicker Debbie ditched the corporate world to lavish all her love on rescued farm animals