Craig Cheetham

1 week ago | honestjohn.co.uk | Craig Cheetham

Executive cars today are largely the preserve of premium brand manufacturers, but in the 1990s even the more accessible brands were keen to get in on the act. Back in the day when a large saloon was a status symbol, rather than a leviathan SUV, mass-market players such as Ford, Rover, Renault and indeed Vauxhall tried to muscle in on territory occupied by mostly higher end competitors. Launched in late 1994, the Vauxhall Omega wasn't the easiest sell.

3 weeks ago | honestjohn.co.uk | Craig Cheetham

In many respects, the Rover 600 is the unsung hero of the 1990s Rover range – a line-up of cars that were, in several ways, a high watermark for the troubled British company. Admittedly, Rover Group’s financial woes weren’t addressed by a range of cars that were among the very best in their class at the time and every single model on offer at the time contained at least half Honda content.

3 weeks ago | msn.com | Craig Cheetham

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3 weeks ago | msn.com | Craig Cheetham

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4 weeks ago | honestjohn.co.uk | Craig Cheetham

Replacing an icon is a tricky thing to do, so when Alfa Romeo finally put the original Spider out to pasture in 1993, an astonishing 30 years since its debut, a replacement was always going to have to be something a bit special. It came as a surprise, then, when the new ‘916’ generation was launched in 1995 with front-wheel-drive – something that Alfa aficionados were initially quite sceptical about.