The C55 signified a return to AMGs V8 roots, after barely a three-year flirtation with a supercharged V6. AMG found 8,100 homes for the C32, but t...

The E-Type Series III was introduced in 1971, with a new 5.3 litre, V12 engine, uprated brakes, and standard power steering. Optionally, an automa...

1975 saw the launch of the Jaguar XJS. In a year that Margaret Thatcher was made the leader of the Conservative Party and petrol was 70p/gallon, t...

The first 996 Series cars arrived on our shores in October 1997 but 2001 saw a revision of the 911 Carrera 2 and 4 ranges, with turbo-look headlam...

At the end of WW2 the United States Army presented the French authorities with 22,000 Willys and Ford Jeeps to re-equip their armed forces. Mainte...

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was released to the public in October 1965. This new model was ten years in development and the new series was chara...

Manufactured between 1965 and 1969, the Porsche 912 was very much the entry level Porsche sports car. Although, for some time, considered the poor...

As elegant as it is timeless, Mercedes-Benzs W112 new model was launched at the 1962 Geneva Motor Show and shared similar Paul Bracq design traits...

The Ferrari 456 was the first front-engine Ferrari for 20 years and offered true performance touring for four occupants. The 456 GT was announced ...

The Firebird was built by the Pontiac division of General Motors between 1967 and 2002. Introduced in the same year as its platform-sharing cousin...

The Mercedes-Benz SL-Class has been manufactured since 1954. The designation SL derives from the German 'Sport Leicht' or 'Sport Light' and was fi...

Introduced in 1957, the Fiat 500 Nuova may be considered one of the first small city cars. Fiat produced their famous 'suicide door' 500 D from 19...

Introduced at the 2005 Geneva Motor Show, the V8 Vantage featured Aston Martin's advanced VH platform (bonded aluminium) architecture and a 4.3-li...

The Wrangler is arguably an indirect progression from the World War II Jeep, through the CJ (Civilian Jeeps) produced by Willys, Kaiser- Jeep and ...

The TR5 was built for a 13 month period between August 1967 and September 1968 in Coventry. Visually identical to the Michelotti styled TR4, the T...

Just like the Jaguar Mk. II had done in the 1960's, the BMW M5, effectively reinvented the popular notion of a sports Saloon. Based on the E34 cha...

Following the resounding success of the R107, the R129 Mercedes-Benz SL had a rather tough act to follow, as it still had to carry on the traditio...

Plato said that necessity was the mother of invention, a sentiment that chimed with Eric Waxenberger who decided it that the standard Mercedes-Ben...

There can be little doubt that the AC Cobra occupies top-spot when it comes to sports cars and their tyre-shredding performance. Prior to that cam...

The 1945-1948 Jaguar Mk. IV was Jaguar's first car after World War II and were essentially continuations of the 1938-39 models. Very few of these ...

The Silver Wraith was the first post-war Rolls-Royce offered directly to the general public. Traditionally, their cars were offered as engine only...

Airstream is an American brand of caravan (travel trailer in American English) easily recognised by the distinctive shape of its rounded and polis...

The Nash Motor Company forms part of the very backbone of the American motor industry right from its inception in 1916 right through until relativ...

The NSU Ro80 was a technologically advanced saloon produced by the West German firm of NSU from 1967 until 1977. Most notable was the powertrain; ...

The Porsche 924 was a design commission undertaken by Porsche for VW/Audi that was abandoned by the client and sold back to Porsche late in develo...

In 1975, the Jaguar E-Type finally gave way to an all new and more efficient Jaguar, the Jaguar XJ-S. This new luxury grand tourer, although never...

During 1970, the Giulia 105 series Spider was updated in numerous areas. Most significantly, was the revision at the rear of the car. Gone was its...

Introduced by Henry Ford in March 1932, this was the worlds first mass-produced V-8, the legendary Flathead. With two banks of four cylinders set ...

The W140 was a flagship vehicle premiered at the Geneva Motor Show in March 1991 with the first examples rolling off the production line in August...

Introduced in 1971, this impressive two-seater sports car replaced the 280 SL. The body and chassis of the third generation SL were considerably h...

The R107 and C107 were built to exacting engineering standards, unsurprisingly, and with a more than subtle air of sophistication. What marks thes...

The Stag began its life as a Triumph 2000 based styling exercise by Italian carrossier, Giovanni Michelotti. A 2+2 convertible, Michelotti's desig...

After 25 years from the introduction of the first-generation Range Rover, the second-generation Range Rover, the P38, was introduced for the 1995 ...

The F100 Unibody was part of Fords fourth generation of the F-Series which, both lower and wider than the previous generation and returning to two...

The MGB was launched in May 1962 to replace the MGA. Introduced as a four-cylinder roadster, a coupé with 2+2 seating was added in 1965. The MGB w...

Designed by Dante Giacosa, the Fiat 500 was produced between 1957 and 1975 with limited production of the Fiat 500K estate continuing until 1977. ...

Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in 2003, the first-generation Continental GT differed from previous incarnations due to it no longer being a coa...

The Bentley Turbo R initially inherited the turbocharged engine from the Mulsanne Turbo and also sported a retuned suspension and wider tyres on a...

The first XJ was launched in 1968 and the designation has been used for successive Jaguar flagship models ever since. The original model was the l...

The Mini was manufactured by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original Mini is considered a Britis...

1998 BMW Z3M Roadster

Five million Minis were produced between the revolutionary little car's launch in 1959 and the end of production in 2000 but individuality has nev...

Sharing the Volkswagen Group A5 platform, it debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show in October 2003 and went on sale in Europe one month later. The G...

This model was introduced by the British Motor Corporation in 1952 and manufactured from 1953 to 1956. It was designed under the Nuffield Organiza...

Mercedes-Benz first introduced an SL model in 1954 following an original idea by American importer, Max Hoffman who foresaw a market for a car tai...

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was a luxury saloon car built from 1965 until 1980 and was the first Rolls-Royce to be constructed using a monocoque...

When the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow was released to the public in October 1965, the development departments were showing the result of work carried...

The Jensen Interceptor was launched in 1966 and the all steel bodyshell broke away from the company's traditional method of construction that used...

The Mercedes-Benz 124 series is a range of mid-size cars made from 1984 to 1997. The range included numerous body configurations, and although col...

The Triumph Vitesse was introduced in May 1962, re-using a name previously used by the pre-Second World War Triumph Motor Company, and was an in-l...

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a luxury saloon and was officially introduced in 1972 with the W116 S-Class which succeeded previous Mercedes-Benz mo...

With a production run that lasted from 1963 until 1991, the Trabant 601 was unsurprisingly the most well-known model of the 2.8million Trabis find...