Ford Cortina Buyers Guide: Mk1 to Mk5, Britain’s Best-Seller, Rust and All
For most of the 1960s and 1970s, the Ford Cortina was simply the car. Not a car. The car. The […]
Buyers Guides
In-depth guides to buying specific classic cars
Rover SD1 Buyers Guide: The Poor Man’s Aston Martin, Rust and All
Car magazine, reviewing the newly launched Vitesse in 1982, called the Rover SD1 “a poor man’s Aston Martin,” which remains
Austin-Healey 3000 Buyers Guide: Big Healey, Big Decisions
There is a sound that a well-tuned Austin-Healey 3000 makes at full throttle that is worth a considerable portion of
Jaguar E-Type Buyers Guide: Series 1, 2 and 3. What to Buy and What to Check
When Enzo Ferrari first saw the Jaguar E-Type, he called it the most beautiful car in the world. This is
Triumph Dolomite Buyers Guide: The Sprint, the Rust, and the 16 Valves Nobody Remembers
In 1973, Triumph put a 16-valve cylinder head on a 2.0-litre four-cylinder engine, fitted it to a four-door saloon, and
MGA Buyers Guide: The MG That Deserves to Be Remembered
The MGA occupies an awkward position in the affections of the buying public, and the awkwardness is almost entirely geographical.
Triumph TR6 Buyers Guide: What to Look For Before You Buy
James May once called the Triumph TR6 the blokiest bloke’s car ever built. This is not an insult. It is
Austin-Healey Frogeye Sprite Buyers Guide: The Happy Little Car That Changed Everything
There are cars that are merely good-looking, and there are cars that make people smile at them from across the
Classic Land Rover Buyers Guide: Series, Defender and Discovery
There is a particular type of person who buys a classic Land Rover. They are not necessarily experienced mechanics. They
Hillman Imp Buyers Guide: The Thinking Person’s Mini
The Hillman Imp occupies a curious position in British classic car culture. It is a car that most people vaguely
Triumph 2.5 PI Buyers Guide
The Triumph 2.5 PI is one of those cars that almost nobody outside the classic car world has heard of
Triumph Herald and Vitesse Buyers Guide
The Triumph Herald and its six cylinder sibling the Vitesse represent something genuinely unusual in the classic car market: cars
Morris Minor Buyers Guide
The Morris Minor has been quietly and consistently one of the best first classics available for decades, and it still
MGB Buyers Guide: Roadster, GT, MGC and V8
The MGB is the car that defined affordable British sports car ownership for a generation and continues to define it
Your First British Classic: Five Cars That Won’t Break Your Heart
Everyone remembers their first classic. Mine was a rust-coloured Triumph that cost less than a decent holiday and taught me