Range Rover Evoke
Current family wheels, a lovely car, very nippy too at 309BHP! The most essential optional extra we took with this car? the warranty!!
The people's collection
The Memory Wall
Real cars, real memories, sent in by people who took the challenge. Pick one of the ten questions to read only the cars people pinned to it.
The first car you owned
Austin Metro 1.0L
My first car!! Memories of trips to the scrapyard to buy bits to make it look like an MG Metro!
The first car you crashed
Austin Metro Mosaic
Having written off the first Metro, lightning couldn’t strike twice could it? 😬
The one you wish you still owned
Ford Capri 1.6 Laser
I’d always wanted one of these, owned for the first few years of my 20’s. One day I’ll have another, perhaps not in purple though!
The one you've always wanted
BMW 320
There was just something about these 90s BMWs, totally love this one!
Land Rover Freelander TD4
This was a lovely car! Vivid memories of being in the showroom and picking optional extras like headlight guards and sidesteps that I would never really need!!
The family car on the school run
Volkswagen Caravelle
So many great memories in this one. Family road trips, rotating seats, camping table, and a bed. Totally lovely, but not cheap on the maintenance!
The family car on the school run
Hyundai i40 SE NAV Business
I feel odd putting this one here, but I bought it new, owned it for 8 years, and put 150,000+ miles on it. The kids grew up in it, and it gave us so many happy memories, probably the most reliable car I’ve ever owned too! Is it wrong to miss a Hyundai?!!
Minivan
I was grateful to have wheels, any wheels, at the age of 17. The Minivan although visually dull did teach me a lot about car maintenance. I would, for no particular reason, take the engine out still on the front subframe in less than 45 minutes and then for...
Mini Cooper
While I was having to make do with the Minivan the lad up the road whose dad had considerably more money than my dad used to roar up and down in a Mini Cooper. He would do handbrake turns at the end of the road and it had one of those straight through...
Range Rover
I performed a similar role when I drove the final classic Range Rover off the production line. These days it's very difficult to imagine the utter excitement when the original Range Rover was launched. I had one of the very first in that mustardy colour with...
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow
I was very fortunate to have two wonderful parents who prepared me for adult life with love security and opportunity-the three most important things that any parent can give their child. I was also very fortunate to be able to show my appreciation in a...
Ford Cortina Mk3
In the 1970's I was a very high profile DJ presenting the Radio One breakfast show to over 14 million people every morning. It was a decade where John Webb ruled Brands Hatch and introduced all sorts of clever ideas to try and attract large crowds to his Kent...
Ford Capri
Yes another Ford but remember, I do come from Essex. I really wanted a Cologne Capri-still do! Instead Ford gave me a 3 litre Capri which I raced in the national championships. I really loved that car and so did Gerry Marshall who never missed an opportunity...
McLaren F1 GTR
On Youtube you can see a three part BBC documentary entitled Noels Le Mans Dream about the two car team I entered in the Le Mans 24 hour race in 1997. Two years previously I had enjoyed a boys weekend at the event with Clarkson, Mason, Rhodes and others, and...
La Riviera
A car I had created to suit my South of France lifestyle. I call it a celebration of the Jaguar SS 100 rather than a replica. It has a number of important "modernifications" including improved braking and suspension, a wider track, E type Jaguar wire wheels,...
MGB GT
Car No9 came into my life in a very unexpected way! In 2018 the BBC commissioned a TV series featuring four celebrity couples taking part in an Endurance Rally around Southeast Asia. These rallies combine high-speed touring, special stages and time trials....
Ford GT40
My final choice is the one I'd choose if I could only nominate one car that has had a major significance for me ever since my teenage years. It's not easy to condense my story into just a few sentences, but I will attempt to be brief. In the 1960s I...