The Car's the Star

The stories of classic cars from the fifties, sixties and seventies. Quentin Willson reflects on the revered AC Cobra.

Quentin Willson tells the story of the Hillman Imp, which went into production in the sixties.

Launched in 1957, the Ford Edsel proved an embarrassing flop. Quentin Willson tells its story.

Quentin Willson looks at the history of the Porsche 911.

Lacking carpets, doors and windows, the logic-defying Lotus Seven has endured against all the odds. Quentin Willson goes back to basics with the do-it-yourself car that only the British could possibly have invented.

n the Soviet Union it was a status symbol, while in Britain it became a national joke, but does the Lada really deserve its comic reputation? Quentin Willson explores the life and times of the unloved car that was made in Russian factories from an ageing Fiat design.