cars

Counterfeit reproduction parts — sold under correct OEM part numbers but produced to inferior specification — are becoming more common across online marketplaces, with consequences ranging from cosmetic disappointment to...

Classic car interior restoration is one of the most satisfying aspects of ownership — and one of the most expensive if approached without a plan. Budget restoration means triage, prioritisation,...

The Land Rover Series and Defender parts situation is complicated. Drivetrain parts remain available from the aftermarket. But the extraordinary range of variants — Series I through III, Defender 90,...

No classic car has a more active global parts market than the Porsche 911. Yet for specific interior trim — particularly on pre-1974 long-hood cars — the sourcing picture becomes...

The Jaguar E-Type parts situation is simultaneously better and worse than people expect. Better because the iconic status has sustained a reproduction industry for decades. Worse because the market has...

The Mercedes-Benz R129 SL, produced from 1989 to 2002, is one of the most mechanically robust roadsters ever built. While engines remain sound, the interiors of cars approaching their fourth...

The question is not whether 3D printing has a place in classic car restoration — it clearly does — but which applications it genuinely solves, and which it only appears...

Before you can find a discontinued classic car part, you need the right number — the OEM part number the factory used. With it, a whole ecosystem of specialist suppliers...

Between 1979 and 1991, Mercedes-Benz produced the W126 S-Class — a car many automotive historians regard as the finest expression of the company's engineering philosophy. Today, the cars that survive...

The Mercedes-Benz W208 CLK — produced from 1997 to 2002 — occupies a curious position in the classic car world. It is not old enough to be universally venerated, yet...

American classics and electric vehicles are not competing for the same thing. They never were. But the debate keeps surfacing, so here's a clear-eyed look at where they actually stand....

The muscle car era ran from roughly 1964 to 1972. After that, insurance costs, emissions regulations, and the oil crisis ended it. What those eight years produced was a generation...