Classic & Sports Car

4 days ago | classicandsportscar.com | Richard Heseltine

By The traffic is threatening to set like concrete. It’s early evening rush hour in Berkshire, and now is not a good time to be feeling very self-conscious. Alongside us, a maxed-out hot hatch discharges atonal dance beats at the volume of artillery fire, but its driverʼs face is a picture of blank amazement. His companion, meanwhile, offers a half-smile before taking a photo on her mobile.

2 weeks ago | classicandsportscar.com | Martin Buckley

They were as Scandinavian in character as a unisex sauna or eating raw fish for breakfast; designed to work best in the harsh conditions of a large, sparsely populated country where reliability was paramount. For Saab, front-wheel drive, with around 60% of the weight over the driven wheels, was non-negotiable for stability and traction on snow. Likewise high-quality, crash resistant – or, more accurately, progressively deformable – bodywork in thicker-than-average steel.

2 weeks ago | classicandsportscar.com | Martin Buckley

Antonioni’s back catalogue of the early 1960s – La Notte, L’Eclisse and Red Desert – had been masterly reflections on the rise of the economic miracle in post-war Italy and its negative effects on human relationships. Famed for never repeating a shot in his superficially simple yet emotionally complex productions, Antonioni explored absence and the search for answers in stories, generally without conventional resolution. The journey was the point of it all, not the final destination.

1 month ago | classicandsportscar.com | Martin Buckley

By Even in the rarefied world of front-engined Lamborghinis the Islero is an enigma, but for me it presses every button. And that’s not just because this one starred in a Roger Moore movie that’s about as obscure as the car itself. The shape, the period, the name: everything about this short-lived Lambo makes it perfectly cast for its starring role in a late-’60s fantasy world of GT glamour cars.

1 month ago | classicandsportscar.com | Martin Buckley

By At some point in 1965, Gianni Zagato approached Rover about the possibility of creating a show car based on the 2000. The fine detail of the arrangement is lost in the mists of time, but what is known is that a complete, C-registered Rover 2000TC (actually one of 15 prototype 2000S models) was shipped to Milan, and the resulting aluminium-bodied 2+2 coupé – shown first at Geneva in 1967 – was built at the Italians’ cost rather than that of Rover.