HERO-ERA 1: the ‘67 Mustang rebuilt to race from Peking to Paris
Think of Prodrive and what comes to mind? I’m guessing it’s Colin McRae in his blue and yellow Subaru leaving his WRC competitors for dust. But maybe I’m wrong. Perhaps…
As I was driving the Rolls-Royce Spectre, reviewed elsewhere in this issue, I found myself struck by a bad case of the what-might-have-beens, and it had little to do with…
As endorsements go, it’s a pretty good one. American driver Patrick Long has winners’ trophies from 24-hour races at Daytona, Le Mans and the Nürburgring as well as the Bathurst…
You can find a wealth of humorous social media posts that give examples of ‘things men do to avoid therapy’. It could be reviving a hunk of rusted iron into…
Daytona 24 hours 2024 It was a case of about time too, or at least it felt that way to this writer. Just the odd Daytona 24 Hours missed since…
What a beast. This is the new Aston Martin Vantage GT3 upon which Britain’s great sports car maker has pinned its hopes for a bountiful season in the super-competitive category,…
The ashes of the all-female W Series have been scattered following its financial collapse and demise. All assets, from race car chassis and engines down to coffee machines and team…
What novelties and treats will they come up with next? That’s always the question with Goodwood – and the Sussex circuit has likely come up trumps once again with a…
The 1998 Le Mans-winning Porsche 911 GT1 was an unlikely star at the inaugural Ice Race Aspen – a three-day beano of modern and historic races amid a wintery Colorado…
This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed will celebrate the evolution of the motor industry with its new theme, Horseless to Hybrid – Revolutions in Power. The event will feature machinery…
Now that Top Gear and The Grand Tour are either dead or in a state of indefinite hiatus, you can bet every pound and dollar you have that production companies…
Brabham made all the right noises – chiefly loud V8 ones – with its comeback to the motoring stage, launching its superb BT62 in 2018. But the future for the…
I have just unearthed a part-forgotten 60-year-old Ford GT file covering the original development programme of 1963-64. The basics are familiar. America’s Ford Motor Company had been rebuffed in its…
And so we approach the tail-end of the season. Unlike circuit racing, late autumn still brought two more trials to tackle, even if they would be the last trials until…
Three-time Le Mans winner Marcel Fässler starred at the ninth running of Classic Daytona by claiming the growing event’s first double victory in two separate groups since 2014. The Florida…
Imagine the pitch. Take an early 1980s Porsche 930. Stick a TAG turbo Formula 1 engine in the back – not a replica, a real one, straight out of a…
For more than 60 years, Giorgetto Giugiaro has penned timeless car designs that are still referenced decades later