Category: Classic cars
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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the MG XPower SV-R
The MG XPower SV-R was one of the boldest cars ever to wear an MG badge: a carbon-bodied, Ford V8-powered supercar assembled through a trail stretching from Italy and the Isle of Wight to North America and Longbridge. It looked like nothing else, cost more than a Porsche 911 and arrived just as MG Rover…
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Vauxhall Viva GT & Brabham Guide: History, Differences & Buying Advice
The Vauxhall Viva is easy to dismiss as a modest 1960s family saloon. That is exactly why the fast HB models matter. The Brabham conversion and later Viva GT gave the compact, rear-wheel-drive Viva a sporting personality years before Vauxhall’s better-known hot hatches and turbo saloons. This Vauxhall Viva GT and Brabham buying guide explains…
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Vauxhall VX220 Buying Guide: 2.2, Turbo & VXR220
The Vauxhall VX220 is one of the most unusual performance cars to wear a Vauxhall badge: a light, mid-engined two-seater developed with Lotus and sold in Europe as the Opel Speedster. It is not a softened family-car derivative. Its aluminium structure, composite body and exposed driving position make condition, repair quality and intended use much…
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Vauxhall Corsa GSi B Guide: 1.6 16v, Problems & Buying Advice
The first Vauxhall Corsa GSi arrived in Britain in 1993. It was a small, light three-door hot hatch with a 1.6-litre 16-valve engine, a sharper chassis than the ordinary Corsa and enough performance to make it a direct successor in spirit to the Nova GTE/GSi. Good ones are now scarce, especially cars that retain their…