The S-class 126 wafted smoothly into showrooms in 1980, drawing a symbolic line under a decade of austerity, stagflation and punk rock and ushering in a fresh...

We booked a VW Multivan to support our family on a cycling holiday in Portugal. We collected the car from Europcar on Friday, May 3, and drove to our first...

The “legend is back”, Ford claimed on Wednesday as it unveiled its remake of the Capri, the classic car for boy racers. Fans of the original two-door coupé...

There were immediate benefits in joining the common market in 1973 — cheap wine, New Year’s Day as a national holiday and espadrilles on supermarket shelves —...

I recently met a man who works for Hyundai, and he was most insistent that I’d like his company’s new electrical hatchback. I explained that I wouldn’t...

We’re not talking about the modern Chinese battery electric vehicles here, but the lively little sports cars owned by pipe-smoking bohemians who gave them pet...

The Toyota Land Cruiser started life in the 1940s as a knock-off of another famous all-terrain vehicle. Japanese soldiers who had invaded the Philippines...

Back in the day, if you wanted to transport more than five grown-ups around in comfort you would require a luxury minibus; now you just need a big SUV … a...

The Volkswagen Karmann Ghia had the elegance and panache of a Porsche until you started it up, when the clattery, air-cooled flat-four engine revealed that it...

When I heard that the England football manager, Gareth Southgate, had replaced his trademark waistcoat with a cardigan, I must confess that I wasn’t very...