My father met my mother at Jaguar, so the marque has quite a significance in our household. Recently my father told me a story about a friend’s XK120C ‘C-Type’ which I thought you might enjoy: Nik Ellis When I started at Jaguar in 1961, I quickly made three good friends: David Sunter, who shared digs…
By Jonathan Mitchell Modern Classic Estate Cars It’s hard to believe when you look at the new car market today (just take BMW’s recent announcement of the new M3 Touring for example), that there was a time, not that long ago, when estate cars were the exclusive reserve of the sensible, practical and dare I…
Left of Centre or Leave of Senses? What constitutes a classic car? If you were to take HMRC’s definition to the letter, then for tax purposes, it’s any car that is worth more than £15,000 and over 15 years old. Meanwhile, the DVLA deems any car built over 40 years ago to be a ‘historic…