25 of the most luxurious classic cars ever - Classic & Sports Car
1. Packard Eight (1924) Packard ranked alongside the very best in the world for pre-war luxury cars. Much of this was thanks to insisting on the best components and build standards for its models, as well as the supremely refined 5.9-litre straight-eight engine that sat on rubber mounts to further isolate it from the car’s occupants.
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30 British car makers you might not know - Classic & Sports Car
Gone but not forgotten. Cars have been designed and built in the UK since the late 1800s, which is enough time for a great many manufacturers to have come and gone. If you’re interested in classic cars, you’ll already know about discontinued marques such as Austin, Hillman, Sunbeam and Triumph, so we won’t be considering those here.
Buyer’s guide: Jaguar XK8/XKR - Classic & Sports Car
Sep 20, 2019 · Also on XJ-S floorpan with a supercharged AJ16 Jaguar ‘six’, the DB7 conspired to be quicker, quieter and comfier than XK8. The V12 Vantage set the pace from ’99. High running costs. Sold 1994-’04 • No. built 7247 • Mpg 12-25 • 0-60mph 5.8-5 secs • Top speed 155-185mph • Price new £84,950 (2000) • Price now £17-42k.
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26 car logos and their stories | Classic & Sports Car
5. Buick. Buick is known in the US as the tri-shield brand for the understandable reason that its current logo consists of three shields. In fact, the logo has been used for only around half the history of company, which began putting cars on sale in 1904.
21 classic great British kit cars | Classic & Sports Car
21 classic great British kit cars. This shapely bodyshell was a staple of the 1950s ‘specials’ movement and appeared in various guises and under different names. Elva was an early adopter, while one such ’shell graced a works Austin-Healey Sprite at Le Mans in 1959, as pictured here. Derived from the one-off Mini DART that also spawned ...
Aston Martin DB5: classic car royalty | Classic & Sports Car
Oct 19, 2023 · This two-door Aston Martin DB5 ‘saloon’ is finished in Cumberland Grey. For the underpinnings, David Brown’s Huddersfield outpost supplied the Harold Beach-designed platform chassis, ready-primed and rustproofed. It was ultra stiff with rear seat pans and door pillars adding torsional rigidity to boxed sills.
Buyer’s guide: Porsche 944 - Classic & Sports Car
Jan 31, 2020 · Meticulously built with top-quality components, the Porsche 944 was expensive new but offers a lot for the money today, especially when you factor in remarkably good fuel economy and quite exceptional parts availability for a 1980s classic. With half a 928 engine and a superb handling/performance blend, the 944 had none of the ‘VW engine ...
Buyer’s guide: MGA - Classic & Sports Car
Apr 10, 2019 · Less civilised, more gutsy and quicker, plus a bigger boot and optional overdrive, the TR was more expensive and cruder than the base MGA. Top parts availability and easier to restore. Sold 1955-’62 • No. built 74,947 • Mpg 24-32 • 0-60mph 10.8 secs • Top speed 105mph • Price new £991 (1959) • Price now £15-35,000+*.