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For the love of British classics

The cars that made Britain worth driving.

The history, the models worth knowing, and the practical side of keeping a classic on the road: insurance, storage, and the DVLA paperwork. All of it researched in-house.

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A red Jaguar E-Type roadster with the soft top raised and chrome wire wheels, parked in profile beside a green hedge
8 guides

Jaguar
A blue Triumph TR6 roadster, top down, front three-quarter view on a road
12 guides

Triumph
A pale blue 1960 Morris Mini-Minor at a show, side view
9 guides

Mini
A row of classic MG sports cars, led by a red MGB GT, at a seaside MG gathering
6 guides

MG
A white Ford Lotus Cortina Mk1 with a green side flash, number 109 and Team Lotus lettering, cornering at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
19 guides

Ford
A group of classic Land Rover Series vehicles parked together
6 guides

Land Rover
A red Gilbern Invader, a British glass-fibre kit-built grand tourer, front three-quarter view at a classic car show
6 guides

Kit & component cars
A red Massey Ferguson 135 ploughing a field at a ploughing match, seen from behind with a mounted plough, other classic tractors working in the distance
7 guides

Classic tractors
A history in six acts

Britain, decade by decade

From post-war austerity to the rise of the modern classic, six decades charted with their defining cars.

The chrome grille and twin headlamps of a yellow MG T-type, with an "MG 1938" number plate
1940s

Austerity & export-or-die

The post-war restart: the MG TC, the first Land Rover, and the XK120 sent abroad under "Export or Die".
A red Jaguar XK120 fixed-head coupe in side profile with red wire wheels, parked on grass with palm trees behind
1950s

The sports car boom

The XK120 and the Austin-Healey 100 build the American market.
A sage-green Jaguar E-Type coupe in side profile, with chrome wire wheels and whitewall tyres, parked outside a lamplit hotel entrance at dusk
1960s

The golden age

The Mini, the E-Type, and Britain at its high-water mark.
A white Triumph TR6 roadster with the soft top raised, front three-quarter view on grass at a classic car show, UK registration XDH 839L
1970s

Brilliance & chaos

The Capri, the XJS and the Stag shine through the British Leyland years.
A black Lotus Esprit with a gold side stripe and an A-suffix number plate, parked on a driveway in front of a country house
1980s

Turbos & hot hatches

The Sierra Cosworth and performance landing on ordinary driveways.
A black 1990s Jaguar XJ saloon, the four-headlamp X300 shape, parked on a tree-lined road in golden evening light
1990s

The modern classics

The McLaren F1, the Lotus Elise and the TVR boom as an old industry wound down.
Featured guide A white Jaguar E-Type Series 1 roadster with wire wheels parked beside a historic stone building, front three-quarter view
Jaguar · 1961-1975

The Jaguar E-Type: the complete guide to the series

The Jaguar E-Type was the most beautiful car of its age and one of the fastest, and it ran from the covered-headlamp Series 1 to the V12 Series 3 across fourteen years. The development story, the differences between the series, the myths sorted from the facts, and what the survivors are like to buy now.

3Series covered
14 yrsProduction run
5 minRead time
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The practical side

Owning a classic in Britain

The unglamorous bits done properly: paperwork, protection and upkeep, so the driving stays the fun part.

Insurance & valuation

Why a classic belongs on an agreed-value policy rather than a standard one, and what that changes when you claim.

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DVLA & the law

Historic vehicle status and the 40-year rule, with what they unlock on road tax and the MOT, decoded without the jargon.

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Owning & running

Number plates, road tax, tyres, fuel and storage: the practical side of keeping a classic legal and on the road.

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