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Into The Big Cat's Den

Jaguar’s XE SV Project 8 has gained significant appeal in new Touring Edition spec, as we find out on a trip to Don Law Racing to get the lowdown on a hardcore ancestor from Jag’s not so distant past

MG HS

FIRSTDRIVE Mid-size SUVoffersplenty of kit for a budget price

Prancing Force

Ferrari’s Pista-powered F8 Tributo is here and ready to take on McLaren’s brilliant 720S. With the latest electronic wizardry on board, does it have the weapons to take on Britain’s finest?

BMW 320d xDrive Touring

FIRST UK DRIVE Our favourite compact exec is now available in estate form

Me & My Car: Alun Parry And His…Alpina B6 2.8

A man with an Alpina addiction shares the story behind his immaculate 1982 B6

Extra! Extra!

The New Defender’s options list has got Philip reminiscing

Rusting Away

LAND Rovers are made from aluminium, so they don’t rust.”

The Secret Is Finally Out Of The Bag!

This year marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Husbands Bosworth Festival, once a bit of a curio on the fringes of the Volkswagen scene...

The Forgotten Ones

Range Rovers haven’t always been loaded with every luxury going – Alisdair Cusick looks at a 1988 Range Rover Vogue

Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay…

Change of Scene.

Meant To Be

This 1956 Series I Mountain Rescue ambulance is probably the only one of 25 built that survives. It’s a remarkable vehicle with a fascinating story. Nick Dimbleby reports

Delightful Dormobile

When Stan Bruton finally paid off his mortgage about 3 years ago, he decided to look for a split-screen bus. Something that he’d fancied for a while.

All In One Ten

Alisdair Cusick meets René Hoyle, the man who has created every model of Defender in one special vehicle.

Kustom Komet Kamper

After spending some time living in an old bay window bus in the late 1980’s...

A Hay Carrying Bay!

Starting life as a truck used for carrying hay might seem hard on a bay, but the lack of rain in Greece was great for the panel work.

Weekend Project: Class 73 No. 73129 City of Winchester

How to refinish the Dapol ‘OO’ gauge Network SouthEast Class 73 to model No. 73129 in the revised version of the livery (or one of the other three revised NSE Class 73s).

Pan-Asian Boost For Historic Vehicle Movement?

There can be little doubt that the historic vehicle movement, while currently booming, faces challenges in the future.

Affordable Land Rover

The Series 1 Landie and original Range Rover are appreciating classics. But do any cheaper, more modern Land Rovers make worthwhile investments?

Going Dutch -The Class 77 story

Briefly considered as the standard electric express passenger locomotive of the future in the early 1950s, the 1500V DC EM2s/Class 77s almost met the same fate as the Woodhead route on which they ran, but were instead taken on by the Dutch national operator in 1969. Gareth Bayer tells the fascinating tale of these Co-Co electrics.

Darstaed Mk.1 suburban coaches

Darstaed Vintage Trains, the ‘O’ gauge coach-builder, has added to its growing range of Mk.1 stock with six new 57ft suburban coaches.

‘45' NOT OUT

Ahead of a new edition of his book about life as a BR trainman in the 1990s, Tim Helme looks back to the remaining Class 45s that could still be found in the Derby area back then.

Dapol's ‘Hoover'

It has taken more than nine years to see the arrival of a finished ‘N’ gauge Class 50 from Dapol since the first views of the model, in the form of CAD impressions, were unveiled. A lot of water and model development has passed under the bridge during that time, so how does the new model measure up?

The Forgotten Fast Fords

It’s the RS models which get all the attention but there are some hidden gems in the performance Ford back catalogue

Small ‘N' Sporty

Small, drop-top sports cars have always had a following. But which is the better investment, investment, the original or the imitator?

MGB GT V8 v TVR Wedge

The MGB GT V8 was brutish, British, and full of charm-a character later adopted by TVR. But whose V8 was better?

Quex Park

At the end of June, I set off for the two hundred and fifty-acre Quex Park, for the annual VW Show that’s held in the grounds of Quex House

Simply VW

It’s a show, for VWs - pure and simple

One Man's Vision

Dave Ellis had a plan and that plan was to build a stunning VW T5, it looks like he pulled it off

Smart Beds

Smart Beds; putting the innovation and design into rock & roll beds

Facelift Time Again

It’s now customary for the latest generation of VW Transporter to receive a revamp a few years after its introduction – welcome to the T6.1 and also new versions of the California Ocean and Beach range.