Archive Speedwell-spec Austin A35 is race ready for Goodwood It was back in 2014 that Historic Racing Drivers Club founder Julius Thurgood conceived the HRDC Academy, a controlled race series for Austin A30 and A35 cars built to identical… June 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Timepieces for the motoring mad If anyone had told me a week ago that I’d return from a trip to Daventry feeling dazed and amazed, I would never have believed them. But that was before… June 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Citroën 2CV built to tackle Sahara sells for £52k 1964 CitroËn 2CV Sahara Sold by Artcurial, £52,180 Citroën’s solution to making a four-wheel-drive 2CV was simply to put one engine in the front and a second one in the… May 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive You gotta Röhrl with it This very early Porsche 911 2-litre might appear relatively ordinary at first glance. And it was, until 30 years into its life when the then-owner had it converted to race… May 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The Lola T70 that miraculously survived racing’s hardest chargers Were this car a battle-hardened soldier, it would have been the type on which fortune inexplicably smiled, the type who could zig-zag through a minefield without setting anything off, or… May 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive James Bond roles add £100k to value of Land Rover Defender 2011 Land Rover Defender 110 XS Sold by Collecting Cars, £125,500 Had it been a regular version in identical condition, this Defender would likely have sold for £100,000 less –… April 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive The 1974 Ducati that helped launch Franco Uncini’s career Rear sets and silencers are high for maximum ground clearance Frame number confirms the bike as being one of the four Spaggiari racers This bike is extensively documented in a… April 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive Porsche 911s don’t come much rarer than this pre-production 964 Turbo There was a time when the penultimate Type 964 series of Porsche’s air-cooled 911 were among the least-loved versions of Germany’s best-loved sports car. During the early 2000s, the ubiquity… April 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive Revolutionary Patek Philippe watch silences sceptics In seven years of the Precision page, never before have we highlighted a watch that isn’t linked to cars or driving – so bringing news of this latest launch from… April 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive ‘Ultimate’ x-rated McLaren sells for £350k lass than original price 2022 McLaren 720S GT3X Sold by Bonhams, £402,500 This was one of just 15 examples of the £750,000, track-only 720S GT3X. Still regarded by many as the ultimate McLaren driver’s… March 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Vauxhall that turned to the Dark Side: Chevette ‘Vader’ is 290bhp menace and looks it This sinister-looking restomod began life as a cooking model Vauxhall Chevette finished in custard yellow. But, following a 16-month transformation by Leicestershire-based Retropower – which specialises in unique vehicle builds… March 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The Jaguar XJ13 replica so accurate it has a £20m price tag This impressive ‘evocation’ of the car that Jaguar hoped would mark its Le Mans comeback in the late 1960s has been priced at £20m-plus (on the advice of respected historic… March 2025 Issue By Simon de Burton