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Our Prime Find this week is a relative Youngtimer, having been built in 1992, but the model itself dates back to 1985. It’s a 1992 Alfa Romeo 75, but no ordinary example, as we shall see later.

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Back in the early 1970’s, VW were in need of a modern coupé to replace the stylish but dated – and not particularly quick, well all right, slow – Karmann Ghia. They were also preparing for the launch of their […]

For several years now I have wanted to go to the Goodwood Members’ Meeting, having read about the fabulous race grids this exclusive event attracts, and pre-pandemic I joined the Goodwood Road Racing Club (GRRC) s […]

The Ford 17M had been a part of Ford Germany’s family car range since 1957, having been added to the long-running Taunus series and was known for its first three iterations as the Ford Taunus 17M, Taunus being t […]

Another Citroën as a Prime Find just a few weeks after the Traction Avant we featured? Yes, and what a Citroën this is!

The Citroën DS that shook the motoring world when it was launched in 1955 was always go […]

I’ve been to a few events at the Classic Motor Hub but thanks to the pandemic and some date clashes, I’ve not been back for a couple of years, so I was looking forward to attending their season-ending Coffee and […]

SAAB always played second fiddle – in motor industry terms, at least – to their bigger and more successful Swedish competitors, Volvo. While both placed heavy emphasis on safety, SAAB made even more of their e […]

The Mercedes-Benz W108 and W109 – or the first S-class Mercedes – were introduced to the world at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1965 as the successors to the W111 and W112 or “Fintail” models, and as always with […]

Not many cars can be said to have created a new market sector – the Golf GTi, the Mini, the VW Beetle and the Lamborghini Miura would perhaps be among those. In the US, the Ford Mustang was undoubtedly r […]

Prescott Hill – owned and run by the Bugatti Owners’ Club (surely one of the most exclusive car clubs on the planet?) – is host to many hill climb events, two of which we covered last year before the pande […]

We featured an Austin Montego 1.6L as a Prime Find about a year or so ago – a very ordinary, very unexceptional car that perfectly embodied our “Any classic is better than no classic” mantra. One of just 39 examp […]

The Concours of Elegance has been held at Henry VIII’s former home for the last few years and become a highlight not only of the classic car calender but a fixture in my own event year as well. It has yet to d […]

There are any number of cars associated with famous television or film detectives and policemen. Perhaps the most famous – at least in the UK – is the red and black Jaguar Mk 2 driven by John Thaw as Inspector Mor […]