Retro Motor News

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You’re hired! Lord Alan Sugar buys Rolls-Royce he owned in 1982

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The Apprentice host is looking for a private plate for his latest purchase
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14 cars that smashed their estimates at first ACA sale of 2018

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Jensen FF stars in latest Anglia Car Auctions classic sale, selling for £13,000 more than its pre-auction upper estimate
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Drive a classic car in Scotland? You’re officially less likely to crash

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Classic car insurer reveals the areas where classic cars are most and least likely to be involved in accidents
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This sheddy Civic is the best £950 I’ve ever spent

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Or is it..?
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David Bowie’s Volvo 262C Bertone Coupe makes £160,000 at auction

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The rare Volvo coupe sold for nearly three times its estimate at an auction in Switzerland
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It’s official: police in Scotland love a retro cop car

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A freedom of information request reveals Police Scotland still has a 1989 vehicle in service
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Peugeot 205 GTI sells for ‘bargain’ £27,000 at auction

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Bidders braved the snow at the recent Barons auction at Sandown Park
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Amazing barn-find Porsche 901 pre-dates the 911

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Porsche 901 is restored to former glory and becomes the oldest 911 in the Porsche Museum
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Ford pledges to save historic cars traded in under scrappage scheme

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New Ts and Cs for Ford's scrappage scheme means historic cars could be saved from the scrapheap

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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

Terrific tin-tops: the retro cars that made the BTCC a global success

With the 2020 British Touring Car Championship finally underway, we take a look at some of the classics that have graced the grid

Citroen museum auction: breaking up is so hard to do

Auction spotlight: 65 classic Citroens to go under the hammer in Paris

Volvo 480: a sporty Swede that wasn’t sensible or square

The oddball Volvo 480 came out of nowhere, but laid the foundations for the company's front-wheel-drive future. We tell its story.

Reviews

1987 Ford Capri 280 review: Retro Road Test

These are strange times. In March 2016, a Ford Capri 280 sold at auction for a world record price of £54,000. Think about that...

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?

1988 Land Rover 90 review: Retro Road Test

This is a rarity for the Motoring Research Retro Road Test: a review of car that’s only just gone out of production, the Land...