Young timers, oldies but goldies, modern classic or just classics? Confused? We are, but whatever title you choose to give these cars, their 40th anniversary is well worth celebrating. read more>>
Interview with The Classic Valuer: Giles Gunning and Charlie Waller started The Classic Valuer – a website that provides values for classic cars, hypercars and supercars based on auction results going back as far as the 1980s. read more>>
Thirty-seven of the 90 riders registered to race in Moto GP, Moto 2 and Moto 3 are Spanish, with, at the time of writing, each championship leader racing under the yellow and red flag of Spain. Automotive journalist Iain Macauley explores the topic further. read more>>
The classic car sector is massive – probably worth about £18 billion a year and, as a UK industry, it’s larger than fishing. read more>>
Wow. If you are in the market for a V12, then a brave person you must be. There’s a lot of fuel to burn and potentially monstrous repairs bills on the horizon read more>>
How a motorbike deals with wind resistance is nothing new, but over the years there have been some weird and wonderful creations that have worked. read more>>
Sports cars, hot hatches and saloons are often the first port of call when you start thinking about automotive ‘GOATs’ but what about the estates? read more>>
The time was right, but the noise was different: Yum-dubber-dum-dum-dum-dum-dum... read more>>
As a trainee journalist on a local newspaper, back in the day of concrete deadlines, mistake-intolerant typewriters and grainy black and white photos read more>>
The Footman James Coffee & Chrome Collectives are all about community and the common ground is found in conversation read more>>
You’ve bought a classic car, you’ve got the bug and now you want more. read more>>
It's an old saying, but tweaked for our purposes: "How do you make a small fortune out of classic motorcycles? You start with a big one..." read more>>
Forget your Moto GP and your World Superbikes, there’s much more fun to be had if two-wheel thrills are your thing read more>>
Let’s talk about the weather. The British climate can be rather frustrating: for weeks you can enjoy beautiful spring/summer sunshine read more>>
How many times have you seen a classic car – or bike, van… – you once owned and wished longingly that you still did? In a nostalgic industry, read more>>
Ralph Lauren bought one, as did Mike Tyson then Rod Stewart. Clint Eastwood and 50 Cent were also owners, but what’s so great about a Ferrari F50 read more>>
From Ayrton Senna to Walter Rohrl – the cars that got the Midas Touch during their development read more>>
They weren’t kind to the planet and they demolished fuel, but here’s a handful of production cars that had a monster block under the bonnet read more>>
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