V8

From the six-cylinder DBS to the 170 mph V8 Vantage, the big Towns-bodied Astons carried Newport Pagnell through bankruptcy, rescue and revival for twenty-two years. A guide to the DBS and V8 family, the Bond and Vantage years, and what to check before buying one.

The Cerbera was TVR's great leap, its first in-house engine, a 2+2 coupe body and pace that humiliated supercars at a third of the money. A guide to the Speed Eight and Speed Six cars, the Speed 12 legend, buying checks and values.

Twice in TVR's history the Griffith name meant the same thing, the biggest V8 Blackpool could find in the smallest car that would hold it, first with Ford muscle in 1963 and again with Rover power in 1991. A guide to both eras, the unbuilt 2017 revival, buying checks and values.

The TVR Chimaera softened the Griffith formula just enough, Rover V8 thunder, glassfibre curves and a usable boot, and became the best-selling TVR ever built. A guide to the 4.0 to 5.0 cars, what to check on the chassis, and why it remains the great V8 bargain.

The Morgan Plus 8 dropped the all-alloy Rover V8 into an ash-framed thirties silhouette and created one of the fastest-accelerating British cars of its day, a recipe Malvern kept cooking for thirty-six years. A guide to the V8 Morgans, the 2012 revival, buying checks and values.

The Sunbeam Tiger dropped a Ford V8 into the Alpine's body, an idea developed with Carroll Shelby's workshop and built for Rootes by Jensen in West Bromwich. A guide to the Mk I and rare Mk II, how the Tiger differs from an Alpine, why authentication matters so much, and what genuine cars are worth.