Restomods meet: Frontline MGB and Rocketeer MX-5 | Autocar

Perhaps like you, we love a classic sports car here at HMS Autocar. We're also keen on a modern performance car.

Question, then: what if there were a way you could combine those two things?

Well I'm glad you asked. Here are two takes on the restored/modified classic restomod.

One is, quite simply, what happens if you put a V6 engine into a Mazda MX-5 and then make the whole package a bit better. It's made by a wonderful bunch of people at a company called Rocketeer and we are very fond of it.

Likewise there are lovely people making a lovely product at Frontline Cars, who take an MGB and make a raft of improvements and modernisations, including a 2.5-litre Duratec engine.

Which is best? This isn't that kind of test. Join Matt Prior, instead, for a celebration of good cars made better, cooler, more bespoke.

And for more on these cars - plus much else besides - join us at autocar.co.uk

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