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…

● It seems you’re never far from a car with irrefutable ties to Steve McQueen. This recently reassembled Chevron B16, chassis b16-70-26, above, was bought by the actor’s Solar Productions…

Mention the name Ford Torino to some of a certain age and they will immediately picture an image of the red-and-white ‘Striped Tomato’ Torino that featured in the 1970s TV…

Car manufacturers try their best to predict what people want, often going to great lengths to offer all the options anyone could possibly ask for – but, as the old adage…

1973 Ford Escort Twin-Cam replica Sold by Collectingcars.com, £24,250 During the two years that I scraped a living buying and selling classic cars in the 1980s (giving up just before…

Eyebrows lifted a couple of years ago when Jaguar Land Rover announced a sale of 140 vehicles, all of them as green as they could be, with not a petrol…

John Ketchell original artwork There are few things more special to own than an original painting. Prints are all well and good, but nothing ever beats the story, passion and…

Considering it’s a relatively young area of collectibles, the half-scale helmet market has exploded in recent years and some examples are quickly becoming very valuable. Minichamps began making the first…