Jack SSD Grover

Buying Guide Expert advice on the fabulous Type 14 Karmann Ghia from Volkswagen. The world has seemingly woken up to the charms of the small but stylish Volkswagen Karmann Ghia, but that makes it all the more important to get the best car for your money when looking at one of these coachbuilt beauties, some 444,300 of which were made in Osnabrück and a further 41,900 in Brazil. Report: Jack Grover.

Buying Guide Citroen's Traction Avant, the pre-war classic that is surprisingly up to date. The Traction Avant is a pre-war car that drives like one from many decades later and has a unique and unmistakable style all of its own. It is a tempting package that is different from the norm, but what pitfalls are there? Words: Jack Grover. Pictures: John Colley.

The time to buy Bentley Continental R. Regarded by many as the ultimate Bentley of the 1990s, the Continental R is an exclusive offering for which prices are no longer falling. Now’s the time to buy – and here’s what you should know. Words & Photography: Jack Grover.

Few car makers are as distinctive and almost wilfully different as Citroën, which didn’t so much break the mould as cast a completely fresh one all for itself when it launched the ground-breaking Traction Avant in 1934. With front-wheel drive, independent front suspension, unitary construction, rack and pinion steering and a host of other cutting-edge features the Traction was one of the most advanced cars of its day. After the Second World War Citroën kept ploughing its own furrow (to use a suitably agricultural phrase) with the 2CV, which introduced motoring to the French masses and bemused everyone else with its out-of-the-box ideas such as an air-cooled flat-twin engine, corrugated body panels, dash-mounted gear lever, fabric rolling roof, spindly wheels, absurdly soft suspension and off-putting mix of extreme body roll and almost unlimited grip.

Buying a W111 Six Cylinder Fintail Fancy a 'Fintail'? Here's what to look for when buying the six-cylinder version of Mercedes''60s saloon. Words & photography: Jack Grover.

Mercedes-Benz W123. Survivor’s guide Stuttgart battleship. The ultimate expression of what a classic Mercedes is all about, the W123 has a reputation for being indestructible. However, that’s not quite the case, so here’s how to keep one running on for many more years. Words Jack Grover.