Cars

Rolls-Royce Spirit & Spur Buyer’s Guide. The last great Rolls-Royce of the previous millennium can be a superb-value classic buy. Words Malcolm McKay. Photography James Mann.

Buy a Bentley Arnage without the pain. This big slice of British beef can be yours for salad prices. Here's how not to be a lettuce with yours...

Man & Machine - It’s the real thing …even if Stephen Gentry did build his Bugatti in 2012. Words and photography Paul Hardiman.

The low down radical GT Sprint Ross Ferguson kept his dream of building a steel bodied Sprint on the back burner for a while... but when he got the chance to convert a Clubman he ran with it. Words and Photography Jon Cass.

Buy the right Triumph GT6 for £6-25k. With values dormant until recently, this capable tourer represents great value. Words Richard Dredge. Photography John Colley.

Life Cycle The family-owned life of Germany’s oldest-known 1969 BMW Alpina 2002ti. The life story of an Alpina 2002ti Racer, rally car, daily-driver, family heirloom – this remarkable BMW has been all of these things at the same time. Its two family owners tells its tale Words Sam Dawson. Photography Jörg Wellmann.

The Mercedes W124 300TE estate is on the rise – but not everyone’s aware of it...

With steady values, get the right torsion-bar Bug and it will look after you. Words Russ Smith. Photography John Colley.

I’m sure I wasn’t the only kid with a poster of an F40 adorning their bedroom wall. The legendary supercar, which was the swansong of the late Enzo Ferrari, was an evolution of the 288 GTO originally developed to be a Group B racer. After the formula was canned, it turned into a road car to commemorate 40 years of the Prancing Horse. Featuring a 2,9-litre V8 turbopetrol engine delivering 352 kW in a car weighing just 1,2 tonnes was unheard of in 1987. (That V8’s on/off power delivery at the turbo’s boost point meant the car could easily catch its driver off-guard and swap ends.) The F40 is a marvellous example of engineering prowess meeting typical Eighties design, right down to the NACA ducts and that wing. I got to drive my favourite classic as part of CAR’s bucket-list series and the fascination only grew. This is a childhood hero I’m glad I met.

Russell Carr Lotus Design Chief We drive one of Lotus’s most enduring icons with the designer shaping its renaissance. Words Gavin Green. Photography Jordan Butters.

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.

Unfairly vilified? The Allegro has defied its critics by surviving well and now makes an intriguing classic. Words Malcolm Mckay. Photography John Bradshaw.