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25 Luton-built Vauxhalls - Classic & Sports Car
2. Vauxhall 18hp (1905) The 18hp was the first Vauxhall built only in Luton, the first with a four-cylinder engine (measuring 3.4 litres) and the first sign that the marque was transitioning into being a supplier of premium vehicles.
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.
25 star cars of 1984 - Classic & Sports Car
25 cars that gave us more in 1984. The mid-1980s was an exciting time in motoring history. New models from many European and US manufacturers were regaining much of the excitement and desirability that had often been misplaced in the previous decade, plus the hot hatch had come of age and was taking the world by storm.
21 Cadillacs that were never made | Classic & Sports Car
1. 1941 Cadillac The Duchess. Taking its name from Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, this one-off Cadillac limousine was created by Harley Earl when the duchess and her husband Edward came to the US after the duke had abdicated.
22 classic cars used as hearses | Classic & Sports Car
4. 1939 Rolls-Royce 4¼-litre Wraith hearse. Given the rarity of standard Rolls-Royce Wraith models, hearse versions are few and far between. This example is said to have started life with saloon coachwork, it was then fitted with a shooting-brake body and thought to have been used by a preparatory school, before a funeral director bought it and married it to a coachbuilt hearse body acquired ...
21 of Zagato’s greatest hits | Classic & Sports Car
Celebrating 100-plus years of bold design and questionable lines. Even among iconic coachbuilders, Italian firm Zagato is one of the most famous names in the automotive world – and for good reason: the Milanese design house has crafted shells for some of the greatest marques and machines since it was established in 1919.
21 of Bertone’s greatest hits | Classic & Sports Car
4. 1962 BMW 3200 CS. Another design from Giugiaro while at Bertone, the 3200 CS was to be the last in a 10-year line of cars built off BMW’s ageing luxury-car platform, and the last to use a perimeter frame, solid rear axle and pushrod operation for its V8 engine’s overhead valves.
20 1960s classic cars with unconventional engines
2. 1960 Chevrolet Corvair. Infamous rather than famous, the Chevrolet Corvair might have been somewhat unfairly made the scapegoat for all the safety ills of the motoring sector in the 1960s, but it certainly wasn’t short of genuinely innovative engineering.
21 rarest Fords in the UK - Classic & Sports Car
3. Ford Crown Victoria. Ford’s large sedan was officially sold only in North America, but some were privately imported to the UK. Of the 93 survivors, all but eight were first registered here in 1998 at the earliest, so it’s very likely (though not indisputable) that they were from the second and final generation.