Posts By Dale Vinten Guilty Pleasures Guilty Pleasures – The Nissan Bluebird Car & Classic’s Dale Vinten has a burning, undying love for the Sunderland-built Nissan Bluebird of all things. We’ll let him explain… By Dale Vinten Jan 19, 2020 Classic Cars Trading Paint – The Origins of the BTCC As we look forward to the 2020 BTCC season, Car & Classic’s Dale Vinten looks back at how this most fiercely fought of championships came to be. By Dale Vinten Jan 05, 2020 Five things The Volkswagen Beetle – Five Things You Need to Know The Volkswagen Beetle is one of the most iconic classics on the road, but what do you need to know if you fancy buying one? Car & Classic has you covered. By Dale Vinten Dec 22, 2019 Car & Classic Fleet From Purchase to Passing – The Lifecycle of a Capri It is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all, or so they say. But that doesn’t lessen the hurt of losing a classic… By Dale Vinten Dec 06, 2019 Five things The Volvo 240 – Five Things You Need to Know With the Volvo 240 gradually sliding into ‘cool’ territory, it might be time to consider adding one of these square Swedes to your line-up. By Dale Vinten Dec 01, 2019 Classic Cars Famous Five – Classic Porsches For Taycan Money Cutting-edge technology is good, but it is also very expensive indeed. So while we wait for the revolutionary Porsche Taycan to drop, buy these instead… By Dale Vinten Oct 07, 2019 Classic Cars Audi 100 – Born Out of Chaos Audi as we know it was in its infancy when the 100 was designed, and Audi didn’t really have permission, but it did it anyway… By Dale Vinten Aug 21, 2019 Classic Cars All-In: Five US motors for the cost of one ‘Vette The C8 Corvette has been confirmed, and it’s left us lacking. So instead, here are five more interesting Yanks you can buy for the price of one Corvette. By Dale Vinten Aug 10, 2019 Classic Cars Volkswagen Camper – Five Gnatty Alternatives There is more to the classic camper van than the VW offering, which is why we’ve pulled five alternatives from our very own listings… By Dale Vinten Aug 09, 2019 Classic Cars Wankel – Strange Name, Stranger Engine The rotary Wankel engine had the world waiting with bated breath, but unfortunately its time, while bright, was extremely short… By Dale Vinten Aug 08, 2019