When the Discovery 1 arrived on the market in 1989 it changed everything for Land Rover, bridging the gap between the utilitarian Defender and the luxury Range Rover. we look at how the British brand's flagship family 4x4 has changed through the years and redefined itself ahead of the arrival of Disco 5.

Want to make your home look like like an edition of Grand F1 Designs? These 10 items of designer furniture will convert your living space into a museum of motorsport.

But the go-anywhere seven-seater - designed to cope with the rigours of extreme desert and mountain off-roading and the school-run in the urban jungle - is having its global launch in the USA. The US will be one of the biggest export markets for the new Discovery, the fifth generation of the model first launched 27 years.

It has been 50 years since the Jetsons first predicted we'd be flying the family about in airborne cars. And experts say we are tantalisingly close to the dream becoming reality. Pal-V, a two-seat hybrid car and gyrocopter, was recently voted the 'most likely to become a reality' - and today the firm behind it finally opened preorders for the vehicle - although it won't be delivered until the end of 2018.

These aren't the usual cars you'll find at a prestigious classic car auction. We pick out our favourite alternative vehicles from the Retromobile sale.Clockwise from top left: Ferrari 308 GTB Group 4, Lamborghini DLA 37, Lancia Hyena, Fiat 500 Jollycar.

This Ford GT first belonged to 2009 F1 World Champion Jenson Button and is just one of four earmarked by to be delivered to VIPs in Europe. With a 5.4-litre supercharged V8 engine, it's a race car for the road with real American muscle - more so than the already sold out 2017 Ford GT with its 3.5-litre Ecoboost V6.

Footballers are some of the most idolised people on the planet, but they're accustomed to making the odd mistake or two. Like Wayne Rooney, who drives a BMW i8 (pictured) that loses 32% of its value in one year. We take a look at 10 Premier League footballers and how much money they lose on the vehicles they buy, then help you avoid making the same error.

This is the ultimate 'Through the Key Hole' photoshoot for petrol heads. Hypercar maker Bugatti has delivered an exclusive behind the scenes tour of it's ultra-advanced car plant where the Chiron is made. Painstaking hours of work go into building the 261mph cars - and the factory is so clean you could eat your dinner off the floor.

Aston Martin's new £200,000-plus convertible uses the same 6.0-litre naturally aspirated V12 powerhouse engine as its hard-top sibling. The British car maker has drip fed on information on its new model, suggesting it could be an equal match for the coupe despite having the roof lopped off. Here are the full details.

A new Range Rover is priced from £76,370 at dealerships today. But this 'new' Range Rover costs almost twice that. That's because it's a restored original created by Land Rover's Classic department that will be an identical match to the Classic 4x4 launched in 1970.

Cold, empty and decaying, this abandoned Bugatti factory once built the fastest car in the world. The EB110 GT (inset) was the last car to roll off the production line at Italy's Campogalliano plant in the early 1990s. It could reach speeds of 216 mph and was famously bought by German racer Michael Schumacher in 1994. But sad images now show its once refined, innovative and futuristic production facility falling into disrepair.

Scoop your chin off the floor and try to stop rubbing your eyes in disbelief - RM Sotheby's first classic car sale of the year is rammed with a bounty of automotive beauty. We feature the most exclusive, including clockwise from top left: Porsche 959 Sport, Ferrari 275GTB, OSCA MT4, Porsche 917 Spyder. Centre: Ferrari F40.

Honda may be Japanese, but the new 10th generation Civic is, in fact, an all-British affair. Not only is this striking new five-seater hatchback built in Swindon for the British market, the plant also supplies the U.S., Europe and even Japan. So, in a post-Brexit era, the Civic should be a source of pride, rolling off a production line on our doorstep.

Thatcham Research, the UK's accredited crash testing centre, crashed a 1997 Rover and a modern Honda Jazz to show how manufacturers have raised their game when it comes to safety. Footage of the crashes shows the Rover 100's safety cell was 'severely compromised' while the driver's compartment of the Jazz remained intact. Any occupants would be facing life-changing injury or death after the head-on crash- even though the car was fitted with an airbag. However, anyone who crashed in its modern day equivalent, the Honda Jazz, would walk away with minor bruising.

The final Phantom is an extended wheelbase car with a nautical theme created for a 'renowned contemporary Rolls-Royce collector'. With 1930s ocean liners etched into the interior wood panels, sea-coloured paint and hand-cut lambswool carpets mimicking a wake among the features on the car, pictured, send-offs don't get much more flamboyant than this.

The words 'Metro' and 'lucrative investment prospect' have probably never been used in the same sentence before, until now. Meet the unique time-warp MG Metro Turbo due to be sold next month.

A fiver. A beer. Dinner out. These are the things we offer as part of a bet with friends and family. But a video has emerged of a man handing over a brand new Bentley he lost on a wager placed a decade ago.

Czech engineer Peter Gross has created a dome-like contraption that fits over a car's hubcap. When deployed remotely by the driver, claws flick out and grab the tyre, providing extra grip in snow and ice. Mr Gross says he was inspired to invent the device after being forced to fit snow spikes on his car while wearing a business suit and pristine shirt. Details of the product's name or when it will be commercially available were not available.

Just look at it. Gobsmacked? Wait until you see the £834k price tag. This is the latest reborn E-Type from British manufacturer Eagle, called the Spyder GT. And it is nothing short of glorious. Want one? So do we.

The Crit-Air scheme now in force in Paris requires all vehicles to display a round sticker in the windscreen to confirm which emissions group the vehicle fits into by the colour of the badge. While most British holidaymakers driving in France will give Paris a wide berth, a sizeable number will make a trip into the city - and they will now find they need to sign up to an emissions scheme, or that older cars may even be banned.

Just three months after creating what he calls the 'MONSTER Huracan', the former professional winter-sport athlete turned YouTube star has decided to put his ski-ready supercar up for sale. Costing in excess of £300,000 to build, he's asking for £210,000 for the car, which has covered 2,360 miles in total.

Ford confirmed the figures for its new GT supercar, pictured, in a long overdue announcement, claiming it'll be quicker than Ferrari's 458 Speciale and McLaren's 675LT. The sold-out car - which has been reserved only for the rich, famous and social influencers and could cost about $500,00, or £400,000 - will be capable of a staggering 216mph flat out. We reveal more details on the new Ford GT.

Rolls-Royce built and delivered a total of 4,011 vehicles last year. No two cars leaving its British factory at Goodwood are ever exactly alike. But these seven cars are extraordinarily tailored to the requests of buyers. From tiger-themed armrests to champagne tables in the boot, take a look at some of the surprising requests customers made in the last 12 months.

The E-Type is one of the most iconic sports cars of all time and 72,000 were built between 1961 and 1975. This rare 1963 version (pictured main and inset) is one of just a dozen of Jaguar's legendary 'Lightweight Competition' models - a streamlined version designed to beat Ferraris on the track. The car, which has been driven just 4,000 miles, has been hidden away in the USA for much of the past 20 years but during its heyday it was a success on track, winning the 1963 Australian GT Championship.

Norfolk-based sports car maker Zenos has gone into administration, so which other British-built oddball performance cars can be had for around £30k? We took these three on a mud-splatting road trip. From left to right: Caterham 310R, Ariel Nomad, Morgan 3 Wheeler.

A record 2.69 million new models were purchased in the UK last year, but can you guess which paint option was most selected? More than half a million vehicles were chosen in this paint scheme in 2016 and car makers are cashing in, turning it from a no-cost option to one that will set you back more money.

Pop icon Justin Bieber, inset, was reported to have 'lost' his custom Ferrari 458 for three weeks last year. Now the car, pictured, is up for auction, giving a deep-pocketed fan the opportunity to snap it up. Being sold at the Scottsdale event, in Arizona, on January 21, the 4.5-litre V8 has been treated to wealth of additions, including the unique blue wrap that's been put on the exterior.

If you're planning to buy a new car, get your skates on! Forthcoming changes to car tax and swelling model pricing is going to make new-vehicle ownership that bit more expensive. But the doom-and-gloom verdict isn't just exclusive to those looking to head into showrooms this year - running costs for all vehicle owners are on the increase and could continue to spiral, if experts are right about their predictions.

Imagine being 19 and owning a supercar. Over the last five years a significant change has occurred in Lamborghini buyers, says a top dealer, as the new opportunity of social media celebrity, more affordable running costs and tempting finance deals mean the dream is becoming a reality for some. We took a trip to the Lamborghini London showroom to find who's buying and how.

It's time to don your biggest aviator sunglasses, unbutton your best Hawaiian shirt and finely trim your moustache effort because one of Magnum P.I.'s Ferraris is going under the hammer this week. Bonhams expects the vehicle to fetch up to $250,000, or £200,000, with the upper estimate two-and-a-half times the $100,000 or £80,000 valuation that classic car specialist Hagerty puts on an excellent standard Ferrari 308 GTS.

They were the among the most-derided of their eras, but could now be a fantastic investment due to their rarity. Cars such as the Austin Metro, Morris Marina and Ford Sierra, that once dominated Britain's streets and driveways until relatively recently are now on the verge of extinction, according to classic car insurance specialist ClassicLine. The firm has now kickstarted a campaign to save a number of cars that were once responsible for transporting a nation, even if they were mocked by some users.

One in three motorists pay over the odds for their car insurance - and the worst thing you can do is simply renew. We reveal ten tips to get the cheapest car insurance deal and show you the places to go to compare car cover and potentially save hundreds of pounds.