I have spent the last month being swept from place to place by a Bentley Arnage, some 17 years after the last one was built – this one as it…
1967 PORSCHE 911 S Sold by Rm Sotheby’s, £233,000 Sheffield-born Magnus Walker proved that the American Dream can come true when he moved to California at 19 and set up…
Back in the 1960s, Austin found itself on such a roll with the Alec Issigonis-designed Mini that it set-out to capitalise on the basic format with the larger Austin/Morris/Riley/Wolseley/Vanden Plas…
Inflation, it’ll get you… especially when you order the extras. Our Lola T292 project is ongoing to get it ready for June’s London Historic Trophy at Brands Hatch, and I’m…
2021 Aston Martin Vantage GTE Sold by RM Sotheby’s, £190,850 Why buy one Aston Martin Vantage race car when you can have three? That’s what the owner of this V8-engined…
Regulars will remember that last month I wrote about the imminent demise of the Alfa Romeo Giulia and its 500bhp Quadrifoglio offshoot, and its forthcoming all electric replacement. I’d love…
Rarely did American jeweller Charles Lewis Tiffany do badly in business, even when his schemes seemed off-the-wall – such as in 1858, when he bought a length of the newly…
With collecting, we love the thrill of the chase – just don’t be tempted into hoarding. We’ve all seen television shows about this, where houses are full to bursting because…
Sometimes a historics journey serves you to the seat of a gleaming V12 screaming down the back straight of a European circuit in the spring air. Sometimes it’s an Astra…
Bought from an advertisement in the pages of Motor Sport for just £900, this Aston Martin was left rotting on a driveway for almost 50 years before a full-scale restoration returned it to pristine condition, with a £1m value
If these two could talk… Most classic cars have a brilliant tale or two to go with them, but the provenance of the duo sat glinting under a silver-grey sky…
If it’s September 1, the IndyCar season must be over and done with. In terms of the championship, the drama ended on August 10 as a third-place finish at Portland…
LE MANS CLASSIC, JULY 3-6 A thoroughly enjoyable week – 238,000 spectators, 800 race cars, 900 drivers. I’m told for spectating it’s more enjoyable than the actual 24 Hours. I…
Ferrari, for me, has always been all about a number of different things; the history, the sculptural look of the cars, the noise of those V12 engines, and they are…
Hollywood star Keanu Reeves made his pro racing debut at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in early October 2024, competing in a Toyota GR Cup North America event. The actor best…
