Such is the association between the Mazda brand and rotary engines that it is sometimes easy to overlook that for many British drivers their first experience of the brand was not in a RX7 but a slightly more mundane form of transport.
If you need a low-key and discreet form of transport, a Checker Aerobus is probably not the ideal choice. For starters, it is over 22 feet long, has eight side doors and seating for 12 occupants on four rows of bench seats.
Rounds 6 and 7 of the Hyundai Coupe Cup were held at a sunny Snetterton.
You never forget your initial sight of a Jaguar XJS. For some it was a tantalising glimpse in a showroom, others thrilled to Ian Ogilvy in “ST1” defeating sun-shaded villains in Return of the Saint but for me the location was a yachting marina on the River Hamble in 1977.
Following the Royal wedding last weekend, organisers of the Lancaster Insurance Classic & Supercars Show are continuing to celebrate and are thrilled to welcome to the show a 1953 Land Rover Series 1 which has royal connections of its own!
The 20th May 1958 marked the debut of a very compact two-seater with unmistakable looks and unmissable charisma. It was of course the Austin-Healey Sprite and to celebrate six decades of ‘The Car That Offers So Much” here are six stages in its 21-year career
If, like me, you are not technically minded, quite a few aspects of the forthcoming changes in the MOT on 20th May are, at first sight, rather bewildering. So, firstly, let us consider what happens if your car was constructed over 40 years ago.
At this year’s Restoration show, we had two classic beauties on our stand; the first was our prize giveaway Golf GTI and the second was courtesy of our friends at Kelsey Media - a Triumph 2500TC.
On 2nd - 3rd June, VWs will be out in full force for the annual GTI International. Taking place at Rockingham Race Circuit in Northampton, Lancaster Insurance will be attending the event for the first time.
The photograph of the A1 services near Doncaster is more than an illustration of the fine vehicles you might have seen on the Great North Road circa 1963 – a BMC J4 van, a Morris Minor 1000, Ford Prefect 100E, a VW Beetle and, at the pumps, a very rare Ashley Sportiva.
We’re thrilled that May’s Club of the month goes to The Deux Chevaux Club of Great Britain – affectionately known as '2CVGB'.
We were delighted when we were first contacted by Nick McNamara at Classic Tracker to talk about a tracking device designed specifically for classic cars.
The forthcoming changes to the MOT rules is an issue that will impact on many of us and, as a recap, here is the announcement on https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mot-changes-20-may-2018
Rounds 3, 4 and 5 of the Hyundai Coupe Cup were held at Pembrey circuit in South Wales and we made the long haul with the Lancaster Insurance race car in tow, confident that we could turn our luck around...
Rockingham Speedway was built about 15 years ago and is identical to the American stadiums for Nascar and the Indy 500. You may remember two years ago Rich Morley and I leading a parade of MG cars around the Rockingham Bowl on behalf of Lancaster insurance which won us a place in the Guinness Book of World Records!
I was fortunate enough to pass my driving test in 1990 as this was a great time to be a new driver. The 80’s produced a number of great hot hatches and even teenage newly qualified drivers could find insurance on these cars for a reasonable amount.
Today, we often see such words as ‘bold’ and ‘innovative’ being all too readily hurled at any number of vehicles, but 72 years ago a sports saloon from Bradford truly deserved these descriptions.
This 1955-vintage photograph of North Woolwich, with the trolley buses and side valve Fords baking in the sun, put me in mind of so many past Bank Holiday journeys.
On Sunday 6th May, Volkswagens will be out in full force for the annual Stanford Hall VW Show. Celebrating its 42nd year, Lancaster Insurance will be attending the event for the first time, which is organised by the Volkswagen Owners’ Club.
There are two ways of regarding the Ford Consul Classic 315. The first is that it is the British equivalent of US suburban family transport - the sort of car that would appear in one of those early 1960s Technicolor Disney comedies where a Fedora-wearing dad really would say ‘Hi honey, I’m home!’
