Features

Revisit some of the best motoring features envisaged as being the future.

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Classic Golf GTIs: driving Volkswagen’s hot hatch icons

Tim Pitt - 2
The Volkswagen Golf GTI has been the benchmark hot hatch since 1975. We drive the first three generations – which is the best of the breed?
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Mercedes-Benz 190: the story of a modern classic

Retro Motor team - 4
The forerunner to the Mercedes C-Class was launched in 1982. We look back at the baby Benz and why it's a great modern classic today.
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How the radical Range Stormer concept helped reinvent Land Rover

Andrew Brady - 0
We remember the brilliant Range Stormer concept car – and how it inspired the production Range Rover Sport that followed.
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Is this Europe’s finest car museum?

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith - 0
We visit Le Manoir de L’Automobile museum in Brittany for a tour of its 400 vehicles, from French classics to Group B rally cars.
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How a broken-down Volkswagen helped create a famous dog toy

John Redfern - 1
Loved by millions of dogs around the world, the Kong chew toy was inspired by a suspension part from the Volkswagen Type 2 Bus.
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Throwback Road-Trip: Driving home from Spain in a BMW 3 Series

Richard Aucock - 1
We picked a base-spec E90 BMW 3 Series for an epic journey home from Spain – and soon discovered a preference for the outside lane.
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Jaguar S-Type: the forgotten Jag that transformed the company’s fortunes

Craig Cheetham - 1
The Jaguar S-Type was a mission-critical part of Ford's plan to boost the brand by taking on the mighty BMW 5 Series.
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Lancia Thema 8.32: the sensible saloon with a Ferrari engine

Retro Motor team - 0
With a 3.0-litre Ferrari V8 under its bonnet, the Lancia Thema 8.32 might be the ultimate Q-car. Rowan Atkinson owned this one, too.
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How the Lotus Elise was born on Christmas Eve

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith - 1
Birth of an icon: how a team of engineers worked long into the night to prepare the Lotus Elise for its maiden journey on Christmas Eve 1994.

News

You could buy Simon Cowell’s modified Brabus Smart car

Currently up for for online auction with Bonhams, this highly modified Smart city car was specified by pop music mogul Simon Cowell.

Big cat hunting: Classic Jaguars up for auction in December

The Classic Sale at the Warwickshire Events Centre features an array of sporting Jaguar models ready to cross the auction block.

Ultra-rare MG XPower SV-R supercar is up for sale

One of only 42 examples built, this V8-engined MG XPower SV-R is a true piece of British motoring history – and you could own it.

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The coolest cars of the 1990s

The 1990s was a decade stuffed with desirable modern classic cars, from the Renault Clio Williams to the Dodge Viper.

Santa would drive a Subaru BRAT

The Subaru BRAT is good enough for the President of the United States of America AND Father Christmas

Sleepers: Citroen Saxo VSX Auto

The French shopping car that was an accidental GTi

Reviews

Toyota MR2 Mk1 and Mk3 review: Retro Road Test

We compare the first and third generations of Toyota's affordable mid-engined sports car. What are they like to drive and should you buy one?

Land Rover Discovery 1, 2, 3 and 4: Retro Road Test Special

We drive the first four generations of Land Rover Discovery off-road at Eastnor Castle, including two G4 Challenge special editions.

1975 Audi 80 GT review: Retro Road Test

A sporting saloon and forerunner to the Golf GTI, the Audi 80 GT is a rare and desirable classic car. We put it through the Retro Road Test.