ANDY MORTON’S CAR CV

Morton’s tastes are divided between the large and luxurious and the small and Italian.

LANCIA Y10 TURBO

‘My first car, not common back then and rarer than a Ferrari Daytona today. An essay in turbolagged all-or-nothing performance, plus no garage I took it to had ever seen one before so getting it repaired was tricky. When we got it on the ramps I realised the exhaust pipe was made at least in part of old Fanta cans.’

JAGUAR XJ6 SERIES 3

‘My first Jaguar, bought when I was 26. I wasn’t earning much at the time so it wasn’t the best, but when I first parked it on my Dad’s drive his response began with an F! He had a Cortina at the time.’

PORSCHE 928

‘It was another one of those childhood dream cars inspired by that Observer’s book. An uncle had one, and he’d just done a deal on a newer 944 so the 928 was surplus to requirements. He asked me if I wanted it and it was an itch I had to scratch. Sadly it was a case of “never meet your heroes” – it just didn’t excite me. It wasn’t very engaging and didn’t impart a sense of the massive speeds it was capable of at all.’

JAGUAR XJ6 (XJ40)

‘I wasn’t going to buy another Jag, but this one was a manual and very rare so I couldn’t say no. Turned into a restoration project when it started going rusty and I’ve only recently sold it.’

FIAT PANDA 100HP

‘Amazing character for a more modern car – within ten yards I knew I’d have to buy it. I miss more ‘classic’ character like unassisted steering and uneven carburetted idle, but I’ve never known a faster-cornering car. It could maintain such good average speeds on B-roads that my brother struggled to keep up in his Skoda Octavia VRS.’