Follow the history of the Austin Metro, the car class-leading "supermini" of British Leyland to take on the rest of Europe an compite to small hatchbacks like the Fiat 127 and Renault 5
Follow the history of the Rover SD1 or 3500 was one of the coolest cars of my childhood. The design looked like it had fallen through a time portal from the 21st century.
The MG Midget is all about fun. It's a simple, cheap little car that promises open-top thrills which it delivers in spades. This is the MG Midget Story.
The Range Rover is the ultimate go-anywhere luxury SUV. So how did a company known for saloon cars and agricultural off-roaders invent a car that created a brand-new market segment?
It was a time of hope, a time of disaster, a time of Triumph, one team would work with another team to build the car of the future. This is the Rover 800 story.
The Spitfire is a beautiful car, a marvel written by an Italian genius, but it almost never happened. Discover the story behind this car, how it became an icon.
The mid-70's were an optimistic time for British transport. Then there was the Lotus Esprit, turning heads with its crisp, folded lines and supercar styling. This is the history of this british 70s icon.
This the history of the Fiat Multipla, a car that summed it up best when they named it Car of the Year in 2000, and at the same time the Ugliest Car of the Year.
If you wanted to have the latest cutting-edge technology in your car in 2007, You'd own a 2008 Ford Focus with SYNC. It was the crowning achievement of Microsoft's Automotive team; and it is their history
The Maestro was the car that killed Austin Rover. So why were these cars such poor-sellers, and why did a company that made the critically successful Metro, get it all wrong with its follow-up?
The Citroën SM introduced innovative features. So, with a pedigree like this, why aren't we all driving around in Citroën's today? Why did the SM only sell 13,000 cars before taking Citroën into bankruptcy?
You might not think it, but the 60s and 70s were a hot bed of innovation in electric cars. So why was so much effort put into electric cars when so few people bought them, and how close did we come to perfecting hybrid and EV technology?
The history of the Pontiac Aztek, from conception through to its legacy. Why did GM green-light this car when focus groups said they hated it, and why did it come with a tent?
If you lived in North America in the 1970s the words Ford Granada means luxury driving. If you lived in North America in the 1970s the words Ford Granada means luxury driving. But why did it all go wrong with the Ford Scorpio in the 1990s?
Volvo is a company known for safe, reliable, boxy cars. That reputation was solidified in the public's mind with the Volvo 240. This is the Volvo 200 series history.
There are some people who just use cars to get from A to B. Then there are some for whom getting from A to B is a gorgeous thrill. To them the Peugeot 205 is a practical, economical car for the A to B'ers, and this is their history
It would start with one man's vision. The dream of a car that would sell over 4.3M cars over 20 years. That would change with fashions and become a thing of legend. That car would be the Ford Cortina and this is its story
If you like cars, or even if you don't like cars, Vauxhall has very likely been a big part of your life. Vauxhall has been pumping out affordable mainstream cars for decades, and this is their history
By the late 1970s Ford of Europe could do no wrong. Over 20 years they'd built up an unrivaled collection of popular small, medium and large cars. But they were sent into a tailspin in 1982 with the Cortina's successor.
"Mondeo Man" in the UK is analogous to "Reagan Democrat" in the US. It was "Mondeo Man" because the Ford Mondeo? So why did it fail as a world car, and why did it succeed but also fail as a world car 20 years later?
Tesla's making their new Cybertruck out of stainless steel. But is it actually a good idea? Will it be a success for Tesla, or is the new Cybertruck a big white elephant?
The Land Rover is Britain's bullet-proof off-roader born out of Rover's post-war desperation and became the indispensable go-anywhere vehicle. Let's off road, this is the Land Rover Defender story
In the 1980s electric vehicles had taken steps towards becoming practical. And companies would continue to produce small, lightweight vehicles into the 1990s, the American giant General Motors with the GM EV1 and this their history
Volvo's trying every trick in the book to stay afloat, and at the same time must spend money to develop a new car to sell in the 1980s, and the Volvo 740/760 was the solution and this is their history
The Citroën XM wasn't the first large Citroën and it wasn't the last. And if you're going to drive a classic car, make it a stylish, luxurious, quirky ride that looks like something out of a 1980's sci-fi movie.
Many car companies had a few hurdles. Skoda's had more than most, yet it's riding high after all these problems, continuing to produce an increasingly diverse range of popular cars to customers around the world
The Ford Transit story, and how like "Hoover", "Transit" has become a byword for any van and how have they managed the almost impossible feat of always producing the right van for the job.
The CX was the last car produced by an independent Citroën. With the company going into meltdown during development it was starved of resources, but it's another Citroën design classic that's worth celebrating today.
Ah, the Renault Avantime. A car that when it was released in 2001 looked like it'd just come through a time portal from 2050. So like its name, was the Avantime just ahead of its time? Or was it a nice idea, but an automotive dead end?
The Reliant Rebel is a small four-wheeled car that was produced by Reliant between 1964 and 1974. It designed as a conventional small car to help Reliant move away from purely three wheeler production.
It's the common refrain from middle aged people like me. Why are today's car's so BORING?!? Why don't we have the cars we were promised? Let's look into why we have cookie cutter cars today, and if there are some exciting cars hiding out.
The Lancia Stratos HF, is a sports car and rally car made by Italian car manufacturer Lancia. The HF stands for High Fidelity. It was a very successful rally car, winning the World Rally Championship in 1974, 1975 and 1976.
The Z cars didn't single handedly kick start the boom in Japanese import cars. Over the years the car has grown, and shrunk again, but it's always stayed true to its roots.
