The Classic Car Mechanic has won Specialist Garage of the Year at the Independent Garage Association’s 2025 awards. The British Independent Garage of the Year Awards celebrates the best in the business and it noted the Classic Car Mechanic stands out for its unrivalled expertise in maintaining and restoring vintage and classic vehicles. Eric Collins,…
Tsutomo ‘Tom’ Matano, who is widely regarded as the ‘father of the Mazda MX-5’, has passed away at the age of 76. Matano was Chief Designer at Mazda during the development of the original MX-5 and went on to oversee the following NB second-generation model. He studied engineering at Seikei University in Tokyo before moving…
Members of the Caithness and Sutherland Vintage and Classic Vehicle Club gathered at John O’Groats in Scotland to celebrate it being the starting point for the Monto Carlo Historique rally that begins on Thursday 29 January 2026. Ahead of the rally’s gruelling 1500-mile route the south of France, the local club enjoyed a day out…
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