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Leading classic and niche vehicle online platform Car & Classic clocks a new record with the latest auction sale of an immaculate Ford Escort RS1600i MkIII for £40,250, the highest official price achieved for the model by the successful online classic car auction site. A true ‘homologation special’ and increasingly one of the most coveted sporting Fords… Read More »1983 Escort RS1600i MkIII sells for £40,250

UK-based specialist Tolman Engineering has revealed its first customer ‘Tolman Edition’ Peugeot 205 GTI, a reimagining of the 1980s hot hatch icon with contemporary performance, reliability and convenience features to enjoy driving it today and every day. A bespoke ‘restomod’ built to the customer’s specification, it is arguably the definitive iteration of what is possible… Read More »First customer Tolman Edition 205 GTI revealed

Wouldn’t it be great to see this XR4i restored back to its former glory, especially as so many of them were made into Cossie replicas back in the day? A standard one could well be rarer than a Sierra Cosworth! From the seller: “1983 Ford Sierra XR4I low mileage one owner from new engine number… Read More »Factory Black 1983 Ford Sierra XR4i For Sale

World of Top Gear, home to the cars created for the nation’s favourite motoring TV show, has reopened at Beaulieu following a refresh in time for the summer holidays, with new displays and new motors joining old favourites. Just like many of the unique automotive creations on display, World of Top Gear has been re-engineered to bring it bang-up-to-date, reworked… Read More »World of Top Gear refreshed for summer at Beaulieu

The world-famous Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional enjoyed sell-out success at Grimsthorpe Castle on Saturday, with record attendance and hundreds of unexceptional cars on display. Hagerty created the first Festival of the Unexceptional in 2014 as a celebration of long-forgotten everyday family cars from 1968-1989, now fondly known as the ‘Unexceptional Era’. The 2022 selection… Read More »1994 Vauxhall Astra Merit 1.4 crowned as 2022 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional champion

The world’s greatest concours (perhaps) promises to be bigger and better this year, with a just-announced appearance from Richard Hammond and The Smallest Cog team. Richard Hammond needs little introduction as the star of many TV shows including Top Gear and The Grand Tour along with Jeremy Clarkson and James May. In August 2021, while Clarkson went farming and… Read More »Festival of the Unexceptional welcomes Richard Hammond and The Smallest Cog team