We go out on the road in Ford’s big coupe. Back in the Sixties, Ford of America plumped up the American dream with its affordable muscle car Mustang and in 1969, it was Europe’s turn. A revolutionary development programme saw engineers, designers and – crucially – marketing experts cooking up what was to become one of the most celebrated models to go on sale in UK automotive history. Its impact was simply huge.

The public was immediately captivated by the Capri, charmed further still by one of the most game-changing advertising statements ever. Sales of ‘the car you always promised yourself’ were strong from the outset, groovy young things flooding into dealerships across the land. Ford launched the car in Britain with the specific intent of selling it on good looks for an affordable price. But did it work and how do the cars stack up now, in 2019? Find out in the new issue of Practical Classics when we compare Mk1 and Mk3 on an exciting journey through Wales.

If you're looking at buying your first classic, of all the makes and models out there a rubber-bumpered MGB GT makes great sense. For young drivers a closed classic will always be easier to insure than an open-topped one, and the GT offers better year-round usability than the roadster. Throw in low parts prices and unrivalled ease of DIY maintenance and it's easy to see why the B is an ideal classic whether you're just starting out or you're treating yourself to a retirement gift – or anything in between. Check out our buying guide in the new issue of Practical Classics!

Father and son team Paul and Ross Taylor have a thing about Triumphs. Their present outbreak of Triumph mania began four years ago when Paul bought an original but rusty Triumph 2.5PI to restore. However, the family’s affection for Triumphs goes back much further, to when Paul was in his twenties and enjoyed running a 2000 saloon as his daily driver. Then in 1976 his wife wanted to replace her Anglia runabout with a sports car, so Paul bought her a TR5. Son Ross used to ride in a carry cot behind the TR’s seats and says: ‘I grew up with the whirring of a Lucas PI pump in my ears’. This goes some way to explaining why the family now own a grand total of five Lucas injected Triumphs, including the TR5 bought over forty years ago. But what of their 2.5Pi? Full story in the new issue of Practical Classics…