Posts By Chris Pollitt Classic Cars, Editor's Blog Living With Failure Cars break, especially old ones. And more often than not they’ll go wrong more than once. I know my car does, but I won’t throw in the towel, and here’s why By Chris Pollitt Jun 01, 2020 Classic Cars Millbrook Turns 50 – The Ultimate Proving Ground Millbrook, the maker and breaker of many a car, the backdrop for many a movie and the playground of the motoring press, turns fifty years of age. By Chris Pollitt May 31, 2020 Weekend Shop Scalextric – Slots of Fun The fun of a decent Scalextric set is hard to beat. There is a world of tracks, cars and accessories out there, of which we’ve picked five of the best. By Chris Pollitt May 30, 2020 Classic Cars DB5 Continuation – Bond is Back Production of the James Bond Continuation DB5s is under way. Guns, gadgets and lashings of sophistications aplenty, but you can’t drive it to the shops. By Chris Pollitt May 29, 2020 Project Profile 1987 Volvo 240 – Project Profile Trust us when we say that old Volvos will be the next big thing, which is why you should pounce on this £1,000 Volvo 240 GL. By Chris Pollitt May 27, 2020 Classic Cars 1950 Morgan F Super – Classified of the Week The Morgan 3 Wheeler of 2012 was an assault on the senses, a car like nothing else. But it wasn’t new for Morgan. It’s been at it for decades. By Chris Pollitt May 26, 2020 Classic Cars Forty Years of quattro – Audi Do that? Audi stunned us in 1980 by giving us quattro, its revolutionary all-wheel drive system. One that, as we explore here, rocked the motorsport world… By Chris Pollitt May 25, 2020 Classic Cars Mercedes-Benz 500E – E’s Are Good Excusing that heavy handed The Shamen pun, the Mercedes-Benz 500E really was good. The forgotten answer to the E34 M5, it’s a most super saloon. By Chris Pollitt May 24, 2020 Weekend Shop Bay Beauty – Must-Have Engine Bay Cleaning Kit Just because it’s covered by the bonnet don’t think your engine isn’t deserving of some attention. Get this kit and freshen up the power plant. By Chris Pollitt May 23, 2020 The Car's the Star Jaguar XJS – The Car’s The Star Jaguar’s long-bonneted XJS isn’t just a popular machine within the classic car world, it’s also a firm favourite of film and TV, as these five go to show. By Chris Pollitt May 22, 2020