12 GREAT EVERYDAY CARS

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 23rd January, 2018

This list comprises FWD and RWD, two-door saloons, hatchbacks, rear engine and transverse-mounted power plants – but what they do have in common is their blend of affordability with flair.

DO YOU REMEMBER – THE HYUNDAI PONY?

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 23rd January, 2018

If you take a look at an early to mid-1980s photo of almost any high street or shopping precinct car park, you will notice a) the often-dire fashion sense b) some grim cafes that make Little Chef resemble The Ritz and c) the Hyundai Pony.

Club of the Month - January 2018 - Triumph Sports Six Club (TSSC)

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 23rd January, 2018

Lancaster Insurance backs Morris Register Younger Driver Initiative

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 23rd January, 2018

Lancaster Insurance, classic car insurance specialist, is thrilled to be supporting a fantastic initiative by Morris Register to encourage younger drivers into the community. The club is loaning a superb 1939 Morris Eight Series E Tourer to a non-member, from March - October 2018, to help spark a lifelong interest in pre-war motoring.

LANCASTER INSURANCE CAR OF THE MONTH – THE JAGUAR XJ COUPE

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 23rd January, 2018

Just suppose you were taking a stroll around the 1973 Motor Show at Earls Court, with vague ideas about upgrading your Hillman Hunter.

Club of the Month - January 2018 - Triumph Sports Six Club (TSSC)

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 23rd January, 2018

Our first club of the month for 2018 goes to Triumph Sports Six Club (TSSC), which celebrated its 40th anniversary last year! Based at its Leicestershire Headquarters and Museum, the TSSC aims to provide all Triumph enthusiasts the very best help and support with their Triumph.

SIX SUPERB SALES FILMS

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 22nd January, 2018

These films are not adverts per se but the genre of short feature that a car or component manufacturer would commission to show potential trade clients or train their sales teams. For me, the six examples here all stand out for the simple reason that each is so memorable:

50 YEARS OF THE VAUXHALL VENTORA

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 22nd January, 2018

A car does not have to be riotously expensive to convey a measure of true style – a fact that is demonstrated by the original Vauxhall Ventora.

LAST YEARS SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TRABANT

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 19th January, 2018

A two-door saloon with a transversely mounted engine driving the front wheels, rack and pinion steering and independent suspension that debuted almost years before the Mini.

Motorhome and Caravan Show 2018 Ticket Giveaway T&C's

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 12th January, 2018

Ticket giveaway to the Motorhome and Caravan Show in Manchester on the 18th - 21st January 2018!

DVD OF THE WEEK – MAGNUM P.I.

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 10th January, 2018

One of the key elements of Magnum P.I., as much as Tom Selleck’s moustache and Robin’s fleet of Ferraris, was the actor John Hillerman, who passed away last year. His Jonathan Quayle Higgins VC was one of the great characters of 1980s television and no episode would be complete without him scowling at our hero driving a Ferrari without due care and attention.

FIVE FAMOUS TAXI CABS

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 10th January, 2018

‘Are you sure you can spare it, guvnor?’ ‘I don’t go south of the river at this time of night’. Or in other words five of the most memorable taxi cabs from around the world…

LAST YEARS 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PROFESSIONALS

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 10th January, 2018

‘Anarchy. Acts of terror. Crimes against the public. To combat it, I've got special men. Experts from the army, the police; from every service. These are the professionals’.

Lancaster Insurance Pride of Ownership display – Citroën CX GTi

• Lancaster Insurance Services |
• 10th January, 2018

Any Citroen CX, be it a long wheelbase Prestige, the eight-seater Familiale or the diesel engine Turbo-D, always manages to effortlessly convey an almost indefinable sense of elegance. This is a car that glides above the everyday cares and such mundane duties as visiting Halfords.