This year sees a whole raft of motoring anniversaries, but one car that is perhaps more deserving of celebration than most is the wonderful Peugeot 205. Launched in February 1983, initially in 5-door form, the pertly-styled 205 has been widely credited with saving Peugeot’s bacon…
The 50th anniversary of the venerable 911 is all the excuse needed to take a closer look at this iconic sports car, and while many, many thousands of words have already been about it, forgive me if I add just a few more. Starting with some background…
With Aston Martin celebrating their 100th anniversary, now seems the perfect time to explore one of their classic models, the Aston Martin Virage…
It’s another family saloon that caught my eye this month, this time of the French variety. The Peugeot 504 may not seem the most exciting of cars, but this roomy and robust motor had a production span of over 30 years, and I reckon that makes it pretty unusual…
When it comes to producers of quirky cars, BMW isn’t a name that springs to mind. Although the BMW Z1 certainly fitted that particular description. And while the type of car didn’t surprise – the Munich firm are pretty adept at classy convertibles – the execution certainly did…
Back in the 1980s Lancia were at the very forefront of world rallying, winning just about everything in sight with the awesome mid-engined Delta S4. But with the demise of the Group B rally era after one accident too many, a new approach was called for. And that was to lead to one of the finest road weapons around, the Lancia Delta Integrale…
As a car nut firmly into his 40s, what we now think of as ‘modern classics’ have always played a big part in my motoring life. That’s why over the coming months (or as long as Drive will have me) I’ll be writing about the cars that have caught my imagination over the years, and which I hope might bring back a few fond memories…