The UK capital is preparing for the expansion of its Ultra Low Emission Zone to all of Greater London on 29 August - which will mean that non-compliant cars, including all of those aged 22-40 years old, are charged £12.50 a day to use the city's roads.
The ULEZ was first introduced over Central London's existing 8.1 square-mile Congestion Charge zone, in April 2019. Unlike the Congestion Charge, the ULEZ is enforced 24 hours a day, seven days a week, on every day except Christmas. It was then expanded to 'inner London', a 236 squaremile area inside the North and South Circular ring-roads, in October 2021, following Mayor Sadiq Khan's re-election in May 2021. The upcoming expansion, first put forward for public consultation in March 2022, will grow the zone to cover the entire Greater London Authority, an area of more than 600 square miles, in which nine million people live.
The policy is poised to have a huge impact on the classic world, with owners of modern classics subject to the charge. Regardless of their emissions, cars aged 22-40 years old are considered non-compliant. 'Historic' cars, over 40 years old, are exempt, while almost all petrol cars with published NOx figures - ie those made after 2001 - will comply.
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A Breath of Fresh Air- Alfa Romeo's exotic, V8-powered Montreal was like nothing the marque had made before, but can it compare with a Porsche masterpiece, the 911S 2.4?
The stereotype of the ItaloGermanic automotive rivalry is that the Latin car will be brilliant to drive, but poorly built and ergonomically flawed, while the Teutonic will be the opposite. Yet these 2+2 sports coupés both ran against orthodoxy. In the Montreal, Alfa Romeo created an outlandish-looking two-door more comfortable, more powerful and more refined than anything it had produced for decades. Meanwhile, Porsche continued to refine its back-to-front, austere and increasingly aged 911. Neither took a traditional development path, but both created thrilling and individual cars that have echoed through the decades.
Daring to be diminutive
AMC's Gremlin and Pacer, and Ford's much-derided Pinto, led America's response to the threat of imported European compacts
THE LONG WAY ROUND
There is a great tradition of overland trips by Land-Rover, but the tale of this 70s Aussie epic and the car itself was discovered by chance
Handsome cab
The Phantom V limousine marked the beginning of the end for coachbuilder James Young, but this Rolls-Royce represents the craft at its very best
DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES
Racing for their own F1 teams brought some drivers success and an enduring legacy. For others, it turned into a nightmare
20 30 LITRES CYLINDERS, 400BHP......AND MORE THAN A CENTURY OLD
Thunderous torque, flame-spitting stub-exhausts, white-knuckle thrills - and hopefully no spills - aboard a trio of Edwardian racing titans
ICON.
The three top-selling vehicles in the USA in 2023 were pick-ups, topped by the Ford F-Series. This is the truck that started it all
Blurred Lines
lan 'Del' Lines blended the V8 burble of Triumph's open GT with real practicality in his Stag V8 saloons and estates
Home of the brave
The innovative Silverstone proved a hit with keen amateur drivers. To mark its 75th, Healey's club racer returns to the circuit for which it is named
PLAYING ALL THE ANGLES
Alfa Romeo's wild RZ eschewed the jellymould styling of the period to offer a striking, wedge-shaped take on open-topped performance motoring
