Fans of souped-up Mercedes-Benz cars will be familiar with Bodo Buschmann, who was just 22 when he teamed up with friend Klaus Brackmann 45 years ago to establish tuning house…

If you’re after an historic endurance racer, it’s probably a wise idea to buy one from someone who knows what they’re like to live with – someone like 2004 LMP2…

Regular versions of some cars in comparable condition tend to be worth roughly the same – but a touch of star quality can lend a ‘halo effect’. And never was…

1976 Porsche 911 Carrera rally car Sold by Bonhams, £207,000 Low mileage; never raced or rallied? Not this 911, which boasts the distinction of having covered more race miles than…

1996 Ferrari F50  Sold by Artcurial, £3.5m (above) With just 349 examples having been made, Ferrari's F50 'F1 car for the road' is one of the rarest of the marque's…

If you’re looking for rarity, a heroic story and a smattering of celebrity provenance in your next historic racer, you’ll find it all at RM Sotheby’s in Monaco when this…

Ain’t no substitute for cubic inches” was once a popular refrain among American car racers – but many regard the British-built 289 cubic inch version of Carroll Shelby’s Cobra as…

Watch brands are not quite so keen on forming long-term partnerships with motorcycle companies as they are with car marques, largely because they tend to be less successful. But a…

Only in America could a saloon car measuring 15 feet long and five feet eight inches wide be called ‘compact’, but that was the designation given to the Ford Falcon…

My prize takeaway from the 1980 Earls Court Motorcycle Show was a large-format poster of a Honda CB1100R being heeled-over on a race circuit by a diminutive Japanese test rider…

1981 Porsche 924 Carrera GTS Club Sport Sold by RM Sotheby’s, £320,000 Although it had passed through the hands of three owners, this remarkable example of the ultra-rare 924 Carrera…

We’re told ad nauseam that watches and cars are a match made in heaven – but what about watches and motorcycles? That’s an area into which plenty of high-end brands…