A classic car without all the modern safety features will not protect you or your passengers like a modern car does in the case of a collision. There are no airbags, no crumple zones, and no safety ratings. A friend that’s a car accident lawyer in Austin TX even suggested […]
Modern Day Classic Cars (1970 – 1995)
For British motorists in the late 1970s, the miracle was that the climate for motoring changed so fast. Even though there had been two vicious energy crises and a long period of horrifyingly high inflation, fine cars were still being made, space was still available to drive them, and new […]
The Classic Years Era (1945 – 1970)
For Britain’s motor industry, the Second World War changed everything. When Britain’s car makers returned to their peacetime businesses in 1945, they faced a different reality. The market-place, clientele, social climate and economy had all been transformed. It was not only the factories which built the cars, but also the […]
Vintage and Thoroughbred Classic Cars (1919 – 1939)
Between 1919 and 1939, Britain’s motor industry went through an upheaval. Recovery from the First World War was followed by the glories of what is known as the ‘vintage’ era, the economic traumas of the Depression of the early 1930s, and the spirited recovery which preceded the outbreak of the […]
Veteran Era (1896 – 1914) : The Birth of The Motor Industry
Although a number of British motor cars can be counted among the ‘greats’ of the 20th century, Great Britain was not actually a motoring pioneer. The world’s first cars were built in Germany, where Nicolaus Otto designed the first practical petrol-driven engine, and where Benz and Daimler made the first […]
1896 Arnold Benz
Britain’s motor industry did not exist in 1894, not only because the motor car itself was new and rare, but because British legislation still discouraged its use. It was not until pioneers like Walter Arnold & Sons (of Kent) took the plunge that any sort of domestic manufacture took place. […]
British Classic Cars – Riley Elf
From the outside, these cars really do look different from a standard Mini, and are also comparatively rare: only 28,455 Hornets and 30,912 Elfs were produced over nine years. In effect, they are only up-market versions of Sir Alec Issigonis’s immortal small car, but most people pinpoint them as Minis […]
Humber Super Snipe
Hawk and Super Snipe range arrived in 1958 introducing unitary construction to Humber models for the first time. As with previous Humber model line-ups, the new range started with the four-cylinder Hawk, however, it now shared the same basic bodyshell as the larger six cylinders Super Snipe. The new body […]
1959 Triumph Herald
Compared with the dumpy Standard Eights and Tens which it replaced, the Triumph Herald was a totally different type of car. Stylish where the old Standards had been dull, and technically exciting where old Standards had been boring, the Herald was the first of a big family of saloons and […]
1960s American Classic : Studebaker Avanti
The Studebaker Avanti was one of Raymond Lowey’s more radical designs of the early sixties and quickly became one of the most sought after cars in the United States. These hard top vintage performance cars had a fairly modest price tag but a sizzling top speed of over 130mph. So […]