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Corvette: Our 70-year pictorial story of an American muscle car legend
The Chevrolet Corvette celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2023. An American Muscle car icon now, the Corvette was never actually meant for production, but seven decades on is still going strong. Here, we document the pictorial highlights of the incredible lifespan of this iconic classic. Scroll down and enjoy!...
Chevrolet Corvette: Plastic Fantastic!
How a fibreglass show car, initially not meant to be built as a production machine, captured the heart of America. America’s own sports car is 70. In that lifetime it’s been transformed from an anaemic, auto-only show car to a 200mph plus supercar, lived through 8 incarnations and, like...
Hot Hatch Genesis: The Golf GTI
At Peter James Insurance, we love the VW Golf and are the insurance partner to the Mk1 Golf Owners Club. Our earlier blogs examined how the Golf saved VW from the financial oblivion they had risked by sticking to their traditional Porsche-designed, rear-engine, air-cooled layout for far too long...
Christmas 2023 Opening Hours
Please see below for our Christmas 2023 opening hours at Peter James Insurance. We would like to take this opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you to all our customers. We hope you enjoy the festive season, and we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New...
Mazda MX-5 history timeline
The Mazda MX5 was the sports car that revived the genre and today has a huge following around the world, not least within the UK, a country that was reminded of its obsession with the soft-top small sports car by Mazda’s masterpiece. You can read our other blogs starting...
Mazda MX-5: The best “British” sports car ever?
In our first blog on the cute and cool Mazda MX-5, we examined the design and development that went into creating the prototype. Once the decision to put a world-changing sports car into production had been made and the basic design concept had ended up becoming public knowledge (to...
Peter James Insurance announces exclusive partnership with the MX-5 Owners Club
We are delighted to announce an exclusive partnership with the MX-5 Owners Club to provide a new insurance scheme tailored to enthusiasts of these hugely popular modern classics. The new scheme was announced at the NEC Classic Motor Show on the opening day of the show on the MX-5...
Who remembers the name Vanden Plas? Part 2
Part 1 of this story can be read here Vanden Plas’ famous ‘Kingsbury Works’ was opened in 1923. To celebrate what would have been the factory’s centenary we examine this often misunderstood name, which had a profound effect on British automotive history and pioneered an aspect of the modern...
MX-5 Origins: Why Mazda Created the World’s Best-Selling Sports Car.
Small, lightweight and affordable two-seater sports cars have traditionally hailed from Europe, especially Italy and the UK. MG, Triumph, Alfa Romeo, Fiat and others sold huge numbers of fun roadsters into a booming US market during the 1950s and 1960s, but these established players failed to invest in new...
One of our young customers takes his classic across Europe with car club cover
Young classic car enthusiast Harry Sharrock first set eyes on his 2008 Jaguar XJ Sovereign back when he was a university student in Hull. Since then, he worked and saved to buy it just over a year ago. To celebrate, Harry embarked upon an epic tour of Europe with...
