Driven: BMW M1
To this day it isn’t clear why BMW tried to move into the supercar business with the M1. Corporate keeping up with the Joneses – or should that be Porsches? A halo product? A toe in the water exercise...? [...]
To this day it isn’t clear why BMW tried to move into the supercar business with the M1. Corporate keeping up with the Joneses – or should that be Porsches? A halo product? A toe in the water exercise...? [...]
Why spend ages tracking down an original Abarth 595 SS, when you will end up feeling slightly guilty about using it? The risk, the deterioration, the cost [...]
It all adds up to a 1950s machine which is able to dispatch winding roads and modern traffic with glee and a glorious blood-curling V8 howl [...]
We’re lead to where the really good stuff is stored. After being asked to leave bags by the door, in case they assault one of the exhibits, we’re let loose in what appears to be a secret meeting of BMW’s [...]
Replacing an Alfa Romeo Alfetta rear wheel bearing is one of those jobs with a grizzly reputation. So when one of mine came up as an MoT advisory, I had a word with Alfa specialist Les Dufty at Automeo. Les has [...]
EXP 115 was renumbered EXP 115/2495 and HEA 1D - the first Jensen Interceptor - was registered on the 15th September 1966 for press use prior to October’s 1966 Motor Show. [...]
Nothing quite shows your age like the memories you have of cars that are joining the classic canon. What’s the turnaround for classic cars? How long does it take for that shift in perception to take place; that change in [...]
Going on holiday is fun, its what I look forward to all year round. When I was younger I used to go abroad for Sun, Sand and you know what. These days I’m more of a family guy (even have [...]