Classics Monthly

IAIN AYRE 1992, AND ALL THAT

The year 1992 was a good one for motor cars. As to whether cars from 1992 are classics, that depends on how old you are because deciding what deserves classic status is a very individual choice. Rob Maynard at RWMandCo has just booked in a 1980s 3-series BMW for a $30,000 paint job. Not an M3, just a two-door shopping Beemah. If it had been the owner’s dad’s car or his first car or something, that would make universal sense, but apparently he just likes it, and having failed three times to get

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