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The Classic Cars that are Turning Electric

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Electric cars are becoming an increasingly visible part of the motoring landscape, with models from Tesla, Nissan, BMW, Renault and others slowly gaining traction with buyers. But it’s not just modern car design that’s benefitting from electric power – there’s now also a growing number of classic cars being converted to electric running. In doing so, models that might otherwise be considered as four-wheeled history are being given a whole new lease of life.

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Meet Your Heroes: Reliving a Misspent Youth in the Last Ever Ford Capri

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Never go back. That’s what they say, once you’ve sold a car you’ve truly adored. I was just 18 years old when I fell in love with my Ford Capri. It was a glistening black 2.8 Injection; faster and more exciting than anything I, or indeed my friends, had ever owned.

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Volkswagen Beetle: Saying Goodbye After an 80-Year Production Run

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The Volkswagen Beetle needs no introduction. But it does deserve a farewell. And that, after 80 years in production and more than 23 million cars sold, is exactly what this story is. Because as of later this year, the Beetle will be no more.

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Automotive Reincarnations: MG MGB Roadster and Mazda MX-5

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The Mazda MX-5, when it was unveiled in February 1989, struck a chord with both press and public audiences alike. It proved so popular, in fact, that 11 years later it was awarded the heady title of the world’s best-selling two-seat sports car by Guinness World Records.

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Evolution of the Hot Hatch: from Golf GTI to Fiesta ST

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Exactly when the genus ‘Hot Hatch’ came into being is a point that will be debated for as long as there are cars on the road. There is one particular model that’s more widely recognised as the originator of the breed than any other, however, and so it simply has to be the Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 that sits at the far end of our hot hatch timeline. First shown at the Frankfurt motor show in 1975, the Golf GTI is hot hatch genesis.

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