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Just arrived at The Garage 1952 Riley 2.5 Litre RMB - Certainly one of the best examples we have seen In the immediate post-war years, a discerning motorist seeking a high-quality sporting saloon with class leading performance may well have chosen the 2.5 Litre Riley - with its crisp handling, vivid acceleration and ..

Chassis no. 917077 Engine no. 927097 Following on from Jano’s legendary 6C and 8C models of the early 1930s and with war looming, Alfa Romeo launched an evolution of the earlier 6C 2300/2300B series at the Berlin Motor Show in February 1939. The new 6C 2500 featured a larger displacement 2443cc version of the classic in-line six-cy..

A total of 1,086 Vanquish S models were manufactured between 2005 and 2007 following the cars debut at the 2004 Paris Motor Show. Offering a power increase over the standard vanquish that it replaced from 460bhp to 520bhp, other changes included new wheels, a slightly different nose shape, new raised boot lid with a larger integrated spoiler and th..

The direct steering of the Austin Healey combine the driving position, high-capacity engine and intoxicating exhaust note married together perfectly to offer the driver an experience like no other. The ‘100’ model designation cars were the first of the ‘Big’ Healey’s with shells produced by Jensen Motors and delivered to Austin’s Longbridge plant w..

The Triumph TR3 was built between 1955 and 1962 and was usually supplied as an open two-seater, although an occasional rear seat and bolt-on steel hardtop were available as extras. It was powered by a 1991cc engine which initially produced 95bhp increasing to 100bhp at 5000rpm. The four-speed manual transmission could be supplemented by an overdriv..

Completely handbuilt and requiring over 1,200 man-hours to finish, these motorcars are every bit the gentleman’s sporting tourer. Although the DBS was the pre-curser, it shared the same V8 engine until the six-cylinder engine option version was phased out in 1972. The V8 benefited from ventilated disc brakes, air conditioning and larger tyres. With..

Launched in 1955, the Mk. I extended Jaguar's domination of the high-performance car market in Britain, slotting neatly into the Coventry firm's range alongside the big Mk. VII M saloon and the XK140 sports car. The medium size newcomer broke new ground for Jaguar, being its first model to employ unitary construction of the chassis/body. Jaguar's e..

Originally registered in 1955 to the Halesowen Engineering Company who converted vehicles for military contracts, it then began life as a Column Commander’s vehicle for the British Army whose job it was to lay communications cables across strategic territories. It eventually left the MoD before being restored in 2018. It was stripped and rebuilt wh..

Before World War II, Ferdinando Innocenti founded a successful engineering company making steel pipes and joints still used today for scaffolding and named it ‘Tubi Innocenti’. Just after the war he saw the potential for an economic means of transport and created the Lambretta, so called because its factory was in the east suburb of Milan, Lambrate..

Successor to the R-Type, the Bentley S1 was introduced in 1955 with a whole new chassis; the car's wheelbase had been extended 3 to 123, and the luggage compartment was expanded. The S1 had softer suspension than the R-Type, with electrically controlled rear shock absorbers. Brakes had been improved, and the steering was lighter. This model marked ..