Škoda marks 50 years since 110 R coupe launched
IF EVER A COMPANY HAS had its ups and downs, few have been the brunt of more jokes than Czech brand Škoda. We’re too kind to repeat them here, despite the temptation. Fifty years ago,
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Category: Classic car news
Shannons Winter auction clears 96 percent
THE POST-COVID WORLD will undoubtedly look very different, and many of the things we’re learning to adopt will no doubt continue once the pandemic has passed. One of the almost inevitable changes will be the
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World’s oldest VW bus is still on the road
EXACTLY 70 YEARS AGO A FIRST generation dove blue panel van with chassis number 20-1880 rolled off the production line in the Wolfsburg plant. It was delivered to Hildesheim to start a life of service,
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Jaguar great Norman Dewis would have been 100 on August 3
WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN the 100th birthday of one of Jaguar’s best-loved and admired former employees is being celebrated by the company on August 3. Coventry-born test driver and development engineer Norman Dewis OBE had
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London to Brighton to go ahead in November
EVERY EVENT ANNOUNCED as going ahead helps us think that things may be returning to normal. One of the biggest and most iconic events, and one that promotes the preservation of old cars to the
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End of an era. Morgan drops steel chassis
IT’S BEEN SAID THAT THINGS MOVE slowly in the UK motor industry, and nowhere is this more true than at the Morgan factory in Malvern, UK. The steel chassis that underpins all Morgans was introduced
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Using your SMSF to buy a classic car. Beware.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A win-win but buying a classic car using money from your self-managed superannuation fund needs to be handled with care. Classic cars have shown remarkable increases in value over the past few
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Škoda releases archive material about its 1908 hybrid, 1938 EV
WITH ALL THE HOOPLA about hybrids and electric vehicles lately, it’s worth reminding ourselves that the technology has been around for an awfully long time. In fact, it makes us wonder why, if it’s the
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Events calendar still in chaos
PITY THE POOR ORGANISERS of events, not just here in Australia where things are slowly getting back to normal, but around the world. Unfortunately, even if international events are being rescheduled, it is still unknown
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UK classic car prices take a hit
WHILE THE UK CLASSIC car market differs from the local market in many ways, the latest report on values by Hagerty UK may give us some insight into where classic car values are heading. But
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