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London Concours 2020: the 10 cars you must see

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London Concours is the first major automotive event to go ahead since February. Here are some of the highlights you can expect
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Happy birthday Bulli: Volkswagen Transporter is 70

Richard Aucock - 1
August 2020 marks exactly 70 years since the oldest remaining Volkswagen Transporter rolled off the Wolfsburg line. Celebrate with a spark plug cake!
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Classic Car Drive In Weekend coming to Bicester Heritage

Richard Aucock - 4
The Classic Car Drive In Weekend is a new event coming to Bicester Heritage in September. It will feature 500-plus retro cars and is fully Covid-compliant
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Price guide values McLaren F1 at over £16m

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith - 2
The iconic McLaren F1 has been valued at over £16 million in the latest Hagerty Price Guide. This comes as Gordon Murray unveils his new T.50 supercar.
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Manual gearbox kit offered for BMW M3 CSL

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Banbury-based Everything M3s is offering a manual gearbox conversion for the E46 BMW M3 CSL, which replaces the SMG semi-auto 'box fitted when new.
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How to prepare your car for Festival of the Unexceptional

Gavin Braithwaite-Smith - 1
You've got a year to prepare your car for the 2021 Festival of the Unexceptional. Here, we reveal how to impress the judges at the Concours d'Ordinaire.
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Retro rally legend up for auction with a six-figure estimate

Richard Aucock - 1
British rally hero Russell Brookes took his famous Andrews Heat for Hire livery to the WRC in 1981 – and the Talbot Lotus Sunbeam is now up for auction
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Bespoke Aston Martin Vanquish 25 by Ian Callum revealed in full

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Car design guru Ian Callum has given the Aston Martin Vanquish a modern makeover, with sharper handling, plenty of carbon and Apple CarPlay.
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New Autoglym Reflow allows damaged paint to ‘self-heal’

Richard Aucock - 1
Autoglym Reflow is a new heat-activated product that repairs etching marks, dull spots – and damage caused by bird droppings

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Rowan Atkinson’s Peugeot 205 GTI heads to auction

Offered directly from the collection of actor Rowan Atkinson CBE, this well-preserved Peugeot 205 1.6 GTI will be sold later this month.

Final air-cooled Porsche 911 Turbo could sell for £800,000 at auction

Built to a bespoke specification, the last 993-generation Porsche 911 Turbo will be auctioned at the Goodwood Revival in September.

Porsche 928 driven by Tom Cruise in Risky Business up for auction

Driven by Tom Cruise in the 1983 movie, Risky Business, this classic Porsche 928 is being auctioned by Bonhams as part of Monterey Car Week.

Features

Jaguar S-Type: the forgotten Jag that transformed the company’s fortunes

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.

The history of Cupra performance cars

After years of Seat hot hatches, Cupra has become a standalone car marque, with a focus on sporty performance and style. We tell its story so far.

30 years of fast Ford Fiestas

From Supersport to ST, we chart the history of Ford’s smallest hot hatch. Which Fiesta will ‘roar like a lion or purr like a pussycat’? Read on to find out...

Reviews

1999 Ford Racing Puma review: Retro Road Test

The Racing Puma is a rare fast Ford that never wore an RS badge. Today it's a collectable classic car – so what makes it special?

2000 Toyota Prius Mk1 review: Retro Road Test

The original Toyota Prius was a genuine trailblazer, introducing hybrid technology to the masses. How does it stack up today?

1986 Toyota Corolla GT AE86 review: Retro Road Test

Tim Pitt drives the famous forerunner of today's Toyota GR86 sports car: the classic 'Hachi Roku' Corolla AE86.