Renault 5 to return:1980s icon is reborn as an electric car

Renault has wowed motoring fans this morning with the unveiling of an electric car it plans to launch in four years’ time – and it both sports a famous badge and looks exceptionally familiar. A new Renault 5 Prototype, which has an uncanny likeness to the French firm’s legendary 5 Turbo Group B rally cars … Read more

The 1980s rally icon reborn as an EV: Renault 5 to return by 2025

Renault has wowed motoring fanatics this morning with the unveiling of an electric car it plans to launch in four years’ time – and it looks exceptionally familiar. A new Renault 5 Prototype, which has an uncanny likeness to the French firm’s legendary 5 Turbo Group B rally cars from the 1980s, has been announced. … Read more

The Blower is back! Bentley builds first £1.5m reborn 1920s racer

Bentley has completed the first reborn ‘Bentley Blower’ for 90 years as part of a continuation car project aimed at well-heeled vehicle collectors. The iconic British marque has used Sir Henry ‘Tim’ Birkin’s famed 1929 4½-litre ‘Team Blower’ car as the template to recreate a limited road-going series of the stunning racer.  The first model … Read more

Aston Martin begins production of its £3.3m reborn DB5 Goldfinger classics

It’s the favourite James Bond car of millions of 007 fans, has entertained generations of children who played with their own treasured toy versions, and is arguably the most famous Aston Martin – if not car – in the world. And today, more than half a century after the last one rolled off the production … Read more