Back in the nineties I used to read about my favourite car manufacturers in the various different car magazines. It wouldn’t take much time before I’d come across a scathing critic of Rover. It was a pretty common occurrence for Rover...
Revealed in 1996 to celebrate the company centenary, the Daimler Corsica is named after the coach building company that built the 1931 Daimler drophead coupe. While it’s not exactly a sports car, the X300 platform looked sensational when converted into a...
In 1980 British Leyland decided to end MGB and MG Midget production. The “Hot hatchback” was now the car of choice for keen drivers. The MG name would be used on the MG Metro to appeal to this crowd; to the...
At the start of the 1990s a steady stream of Japanese coupes reached the UK car market. Exciting new cars like the Nissan 200sx, Toyota Celica and Honda Prelude all vyed for attention. Both Vauxhall and Ford had managed to keep...
The story behind the Jaguar XJ220 is a fascinating one. A lot has been written about how it was some kind of failed project and a missed opportunity. It was a car that through no fault of its own, was launched...
Revealed at the Geneva motorshow in 1993, the Lagonda Vignale is an Aston Martin concept car. Then under the ownership of Ford, the Vignale was built on the Lincoln Town Car platform. The Vignale also had to share a Ford engine,...
For a brief period of time the Jaguar XJ220 was the world’s fastest car. Jaguar’s small “Saturday club” team produced the concept XJ220 before TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) were brought in to help rationalise certain elements of the design. Part of...
A crime spree in 1993 had West Midlands Police stumped. Newsagents and Off licences had been robbed by thieves stealing alcohol and cigarettes before escaping at speed in a dark coloured car. The Police hadn’t been able to do anything. At...
In 1996 TVR unveiled a concept car called Project 7/12 at the Birmingham motor show. This would be the first of several prototypes for the most extreme TVR ever built, later going by the name “TVR Speed 12”. Project 7/12 was...
Imagine a fight between Batman, The Terminator, Predator and Chuck Norris. The same fight was happening when Rover entered the Coupe market in 1993. The Rover was up against serious opposition, the likes of which remain landmark cars to this day....
