Classic and Sports Car blogs
Why Britain's cheapest car is a welcome throwback to the past
A couple of weeks ago, when struggling with a fleet of on-stands and non-road legal classics, I borrowed a Dacia Sandero from Autocar editor Jim '...
It's not just tyre-kicking buyers who can be total time-wasters
Have you ever been so furious that words fail you, that for a minute you can do no more than stare straight ahead, hoping that eventually you regain...
Meeting the man who guided Clark to victory in 1963
I travelled up to Silverstone last week and wondered anew at the transformation of the place since I first went there in 1988. Never the most...
Finding out that La Forza is still strong in Modena
I got back from Italy late last night following my first visit – or should that be pilgrimage? – to Maranello. Actually, I tell a lie, I have been to...
Campbell samples the everyman Lotus – Toyota’s MR2 Roadster
Having spent the week enviously watching other members of the team troop out to drive their choice of model for our £10k sports car feature, it was a...
Getting under the skin of Goodwood while others just clink champagne flutes
One of the many perks of working on Classic & Sports Car is an invite to the Goodwood Press day every March. Most public events can only dream...
Looking for a last-minute stocking filler? Then try this
My recent reading, the Gentleman's Guide to Motoring, is a quirky book by Vic Darkwood that looks like an excellent stocking filler if you can get it...
All aboard the gravy train - the occasional perks of a journo's job
Every so often, thanks to our privileged position as the press, we get invited on what’s known as “a good jolly”. In my (dim and distant) past life...
The day Hurst's Mini was admired by a monarch
It’s a bit of a bonus having dual nationality (in my case native South African and naturalised British) because it’s all too easy to enjoy the best...
Revealing the magic behind the best photos
It’s almost seven years since I last used a roll of film for Classic & Sports Car. In that time I’ve had to learn my way around the possibilities...
