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Aug 27, 2024 | petrolicious.com | Paul Horrell

You can’t overstate the importance of the Mini to a certain generation of British drivers. Most often, there was a Mini in the family. It was the car you learned to drive in. Then another – likely more battered – example would have been your first car. That emotional thread runs through your automotive psychology like the stitching in a pair of jeans. Car of the 20th Century: MiniA Mini is ordinary.

Jun 26, 2024 | petrolicious.com | Paul Horrell

Apart from wider tyres and a meaningful exhaust note, there’s isn’t anything external to tell you this isn’t an immaculately cared for example of Britain’s favourite starter classic, the MGB, off to a pub meet. But you might not want to take a standard MGB much further than the pub. Apart from its pretty monocoque shell, this stereotypical 1960s convertible was essentially a pre-war car underneath. Leaf springs, lever-arm dampers, a rattly overhead-valve engine.

Jun 24, 2024 | petrolicious.com | Marco Annunziata

The Porsche 906, or the Porsche 906 Carrera 6 if you prefer, had the difficult task of continuing the success of Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche’s beautiful 904. The 904 was more than a pretty shape though, and the engineering team that put all the mechanical bits together underneath Butzi’s beauty were able to achieve excellent results in the GT classes of the period.

Jan 23, 2023 | petrolicious.com | Robb Pritchard

Jan 3, 2023 | petrolicious.com | Robb Pritchard