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  Banger Day at Blackbushe 2 Feb 2004 (News)
  There were plenty of nice late cars at auction today. In particular the excellent selection of executive models from LEX which we now see every Monday, Top Car or no Top Car. However, today I thought I’d take a look at how the sheds were selling.
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  Keep Your Bottoms Up 12 May 2003 (News)
  If you tow, carry heavy goods, run a taxi or own a vehicle that runs on LPG fuel you’re likely to suffer from a suspension that bottoms out. Owners of classic cars and kit cars also suffer. Mothers on school runs, builders and plumbers are affected too. Cars with torsion bar rear suspension like Peugeots and Renaults suffer with it badly. And even the extremely well built Volvos sometimes struggle.
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  More Buyers Than Cars at Auction Today 3 Jan 2003 (News)
  With only one car hall running at Blackbushe today, it got pretty crowded and there was some almost feverish bidding from private buyers hoping to nab a New Year bargain. And there were a few. How about a 2000W Chrysler Neon 2.0LX with a/c and leather and in silver sold for just £2,925?
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  Missing Milly 31 Mar 2002 (News)
  This was at between 3.45pm and 4.30pm on Thursday 21st March. Station Avenue and Rydens Road are both wide straight, boring roads with plenty of cars but few pedestrians. If Milly got to Rydens Road, then someone in a passing car must have seen a young teenage girl in school uniform walking along the pavement. Does anyone remember this? She wouldn’t have been as easy to spot on Station Road.
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  New-Shape Astra £2,550 at Auction Today 12 Oct 2001 (News)
  Now is very much the time to buy as three year old cars can't get much cheaper than this. Okay the 98R Astra 2.0LS DI 16v in the photo had done 171,728 miles (which dispels apprehension about the longevity of this engine). But £2,550 for a current shape diesel car with a 12 year body warranty is real value for money.
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  SMMT Calls For Licence to Trade 18 Sep 2001 (News)
  Take, for example, the case of John Green who e-mailed today about a steering rack problem on a five year old prestigious German car. He purchased it from a franchised dealer, covered by the manufacturer's used car warranty, which lasted for 12 months. After 14 months, the power steering failed. The franchised dealer quoted £1,210 plus labour and VAT to fit an entirely new steering rack and would not countenance any 'goodwill' payment despite the fact that the car was only two months out of warranty.
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  Ferrari Enzo leads London auction 9 Oct 2019 (News)
  As a result, the car has been carefully serviced under the owner’s supervision since 2015. Joining the 2003 Ferrari Enzo is host of other cars wearing the prancing horse ranging from 1961 to 2018. There’s a 1994 Ferrari 412 T1 offered from the Autobau Collection, a 1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GT by Scaglietti, a 1961 Ferrari 250 GTE 2+2 Series I by Pininfarina, and a 2018 Ferrari 488 GTB 70th Anniversary.
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  Rare Intermeccanica in Historics November Auction 22 Oct 2018 (News)
  It is now UK registered and comes with a history file that includes invoices, a copy of Auto Italia featuring the car within and a current MoT test certificate. Also included is a book written by Paula Reisner, titled, ‘Intermeccanica – The Story of the Prancing Bull’. Discovered in a free ad in France that intrigued the current vendor, he went to see the car and bought it from its British owner who was seeking to finance his return to the UK.
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  Porsche Classic to supply 3D printed car parts 26 Feb 2018 (News)
  Porsche is to start selling 3D printed parts to classic car owners. It’s great news for enthusiasts who need that hard to find bit. The Stuttgart-based firm will produce limited runs of rare bits to the original technical specifications. Currently, Porsche Classic has 52,000 parts in its catalogue.
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  A Grand Monday: Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk 3 5 Feb 2018 (News)
  It was a more complex car, built from a formula where simplicity was really the key.  But to dissmiss the Mk3 Golf completely is unfair. In GTI form, especially, it had a tidy chassis. The interior was leagues ahead of the car it replaced, and with the GTI's chunky wheelarch extenders and black trim details, it was a handsome hot hatch.
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  Historic Lotus Register to make NEC show debut 5 Oct 2017 (News)
  The Twelve, which became the first Lotus Formula One entry, and the Eleven, which won the 1957 Index of Performance at Le Mans, were the result of Colin Chapman's pioneering experiments into the use of aerodynamics on a racing car. The London Motor Show of that same year saw the debut of the Elite - one of the greatest sports cars of the post-war era and the first vehicle in the world with a self-supporting GRP body.  Twelve Registrar Mike Bennett is also making a bid to for longest journey to the show – he's travelling from Adelaide, Australia, to help out on the stand.
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  A Grand Monday: Saab 900 XS 10 Jul 2017 (News)
  Indeed, the only thing the Swedes hadn't perfected by this point was headlining glue - try finding an Eighites or Nineties Saab or Volvo that doesn't have headlining like a Bedouin tent (or in the case of this car, had it removed entirely). They don't exist. We like the way the seller has decribed this car, and he's clearly an enthusiast as he bought it 'by accident' at the National Restoration Show last year.
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  Silverstone Classic 2017 gets in gear 17 Oct 2016 (News)
  . With the city’s flagship shopping destination closed to through traffic during the day, the road between Piccadilly and Oxford Circus is home to a unique display of cars ahead of the London to Brighton veteran car run. Last year, the free-to-view event attracted a record 450,000 visitors and even more are expected next month, making it the perfect platform to launch the latest edition of the world’s biggest classic motor racing festival.
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  Historics March 12th Brooklands Classic Car Auction Preview 22 Feb 2016 (News)
  A beautiful 1996 Aston Martin DB7 will be one of the stars of Historics Classic Car Auction at Brooklands Museum on Saturday 12 th March. After Ford cancelled the original Jaguar XJ41/XJ42 ‘F-Type’ project, the prototype was re-styled by Ian Callum as an Aston Martin to sit on a modified Jaguar XJS platform.
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  Land Rover 110 V8 Country Station Wagon for CarFest auction 8 Jul 2015 (News)
  A Land Rover 110 V8 Country Station Wagon could make £21,000 when it heads to auction over the August Bank Holiday weekend. The car – which some enthusiasts view as the ‘ultimate’ Land Rover Defender – will be offered for sale by Classic Car Auctions at CarFest South on 29 August. Launched in 1983, this 12-seater came with the same 3.5-litre engine and gearbox fitted to the Range Rover.
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  Chevrolet tops warranty 8 Jun 2015 (News)
  Chevrolet has, rather surprisingly, knocked Japanese brand Honda off the top of Warranty Direct’s Reliability Index. Warranty Direct offers warranties to owners of cars with no remaining manufacturer warranty. Their Reliability Index is based on the frequency of failures and the cost of repairs to customers cars. The Index is updated four times annually and the lowest score is the best.
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  Ferraris dominate RM Sotheby’s Villa Erba auction 28 May 2015 (News)
  It was sold for just over £100,000. Visit Classic Car Price for the full sale results .
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  US customs crushes 'illegal' classic Mini 15 Dec 2014 (News)
  A late-model Mini Cooper has been crushed by US customs officers after it was discovered to be illegally imported and unsafe. The car is just one of dozens of vehicles intercepted at ports across the US aimed at getting ‘illegal’ vehicles off the roads. In the US, cars that are under 25 years old and do not have an airbag are banned.
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  Record turnout for Triumph TR7 40th birthday 22 Sep 2014 (News)
  Over one hundred Triumph TR7’s gathered at the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon on Sunday, 21 September, to mark the car’s 40 th anniversary. It was the largest gathering since production ended in October, 1981. The day began with 42 TR7s making the trip back to the Triumph factory in Speke, Liverpool, as part of the two-day long ‘Wedgetastic’ celebration.
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  ‘Big screen’ theme for NEC show 9 Jul 2014 (News)
  Paul Guinness, Contributor Car clubs across the UK are busy planning their stands for this year’s biggest indoor classic vehicle event, following the announcement of ‘The Big Screen’ as the official club theme.