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One family's love of the Morris Minor has spanned generations and taken them overseas as their hobby has become a way of life. ‘We’re like any other family’ comments Richard, as he looks out the kitchen window with a row of Morris Minors parked on the flagstones, ‘we just have...

The Wheeler Dealers Astra GTE fetched big money at auction recently, so it’s the perfect time to remember this great hot hatchback. Last December’s Classic Car Auctions sale saw the Mk 1 Astra GTE that had been carefully restored by Mike and Elvis sell for a whopping £25,650. It was...

With fresh bright work, wire wheels, and a smart black hood and new carpets, this Austin Healey Sprite MK4 is a car which had no expense spared in its journey to become somebody’s most loved classic. It has got a fantastic history and this Austin Healey Sprite MK4 could be...

Breaking the mould: it might be built for off-roading but Jim Ley doesn’t limit his Baja Bug to adventures off the beaten path. Here, he tells Charlotte Vowden how he’s crafted his Baja Bug into a reliable daily with serious road presence. Born in the USA, the Baja (pronounced ‘ba-ha’)...

Rebecca Treston tells Charlotte Vowden why she thinks it’s important to create spaces exclusively for women within the car community. https://youtu.be/76tm1ae6rAE To mark International Women’s Day Rebecca Treston, the classic car podcaster, held a female-only car meet. Here we bring you the chat she had with Charlotte Vowden about herself, her podcast...

Altering cars to one’s own taste has been a constant since vehicles became affordable. Whether performance was the aim – often spurred on by the requirements of grass roots motorsport – or if looks took precedent (an industry which didn’t really gain traction until the ‘Fifties as disposable income increased)...

She’s got that loving feeling! As a nod to its interesting history, owner number twelve Amy Kitching has named her Mercedes-Benz 190E after a character in the eighties blockbuster Top Gun. Here, she tells Charlotte Vowden why she’s besotted and reveals what’s required to pilot, push, repair and improve...

Affectionately called the “duck” in Germany and “Tin Snail” in English, the Citroën 2CV is THE iconic French car. Finally, this cult-classic is available as a new PLAYMOBIL model, further expanding the range of classic cars in the collection. The legendary Citroen 2CV was first introduced in Paris in 1948....

The kei car. Often fun, quirky and small enough to squeeze into Japan’s strict kei car regulations. What comes to mind for many is the Suzuki Cappuccino, or even the Honda Beat, both having been around since the 1990s, but in 2003 the Daihatsu Copen was injected into the...

Wheeler Dealers inspired William Magrath’s love of cars but owning one of the best roadsters ever built has made him realise he’ll never make it as a hot-shot salesman. Here, he tells Charlotte Vowden why it’s a perky little runaround worth holding on to. With pop-up headlamps capable of warming...