1962 Austin Mini Riviera Sold by Bonhams Cars Online, £97,650 Fiat’s doorless Jolly beach cars crop up for sale quite often. But when did you last see an example of…

Say the name Wolfrace to car fans of a certain age and they will immediately think of the brand’s legendary Slot Mags, the first-ever European-made polished alloy wheels. Founded in…

These days, BMW and Mercedes-Benz are the marques best known for offering souped-up four-door cars off-the-shelf through respective M and AMG tuning houses. But the former racer and Jaguar dealer…

There are driver’s watches, there are car watches, there are motoring watches – and then there’s the Heuer Carrera. True, it wasn’t the first chronograph made specifically for automobilists, or…

1951 Jaguar XK120 Sold by Bonhams, £316,250  This XK120 was bought new by Lancashire cobbler Robert Lawrie whose special boot design led to him becoming the official supplier to the…

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Well, who’s going to beat you?” was Stirling Moss’s disarming retort when he was asked about the Lister Knobbly’s competitiveness after his decisive victory at Silverstone in the sports car…

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Serial entrepreneur and Aera Instruments co-founder Jas Minhas can trace his horological roots back to the 1960s when his father set up a watch distribution business in Birmingham. Minhas, now…

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If you’re a Porsche owner or just one of the world’s millions of fans of the Zuffenhausen marque, you probably know all about Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, the in-house customisation service…