The Showroom

There’s nothing like battered luggage for that ‘country house look’ in a home. That works for cars too. A weekend away in your Ford Anglia or Lagonda LG 45 just…

There's probably not a reader of this magazine who didn’t grow up with Scalextric, and just as with full-size cars there’s been a surge of interest in historic slot cars,…

● General Motors’ dream 30 years ago was to develop the world’s most sophisticated sports car, and to do this it wanted computer-controlled active suspension using Lotus F1 tech. Some…

Together with the Meyers Manx beach buggy, Colin Chapman’s Lotus Seven must rank among the most imitated of all kit car designs. The best-known Seven replicas (in Europe, at least)…

Fancy a 'recreation' with a difference? Then how about this frankly fabulous Allard J2X MkII that originally cost £125,000 and was built in 2003 –a full 49 years after the…

1967 Ford Mustang 'Eleanor Tribute' Sold by Mecum, £253,000 This near-perfect recreation of the ‘Eleanor’ Mustang that served as the automotive star in the 2000 remake of Gone in 60…

Tyrrell P34 poster Brace yourself… but it’s been 45 years since Jody Scheckter shocked Formula 1 by dominating the Swedish Grand Prix at Anderstorp in the radical six-wheeled Tyrrell P34.…

Believe it or not, Formula 3 (or at least F3 in its traditional sense) was always an open-chassis formula, accessible to anybody with the ambition and facilities to build a…

Even though the late 2000s were blighted by perhaps the worst global financial crisis in history, you wouldn’t have known it looking back at the list of automotive exotica released.…

Let’s have a crack at defining what constitutes ‘memorabilia’ and what is considered ‘automobilia’. There’s definitely distinctions to be made. Among football collectibles, items like team shirts, trophies or boots…

The Lenham Motor Company was born during the 1960s when such ‘boutique’ marques that built interesting specials based on mainstream models were springing up all around Britain. The foundations of…

● With 007 adorning the side of every bus, now is the time to own a 1934 Rolls-Royce Sedanca de Ville in Masons Black and yellow. The ultimate Bond villain…

The Lotus Seven driven by Patrick McGoohan as ‘Number Six’ is undoubtedly the most famous car to have appeared in the cult ’60s TV series The Prisoner – but this…

The Phil Morris Road Racing Collection Sold by Bonhams, £2.1m This collection of competition motorcycles formed part of the contents of the Oswestry Road Racing Museum established by race team…

It's amazing to think how far Chevron came in just a few short years during the 1960s. Putting the vacuous legal bickering over trademarks, rights and ownership of the last few…

The 1980s was a golden age for the hot hatch fan, and few did it better than the French. Sure, the Germans may have got there first with the mighty…

On or off the car, radiator adornments have been a very popular collectible since they appeared at the turn of the 20th century. They win on all counts – the…