Race car buying guides

It’s hard to think of another company that has done more for modern British motor racing than Ginetta. Since being dragged back from the brink of oblivion in 2005 when…

There’s always some scepticism when a new racing category is launched, and few have created such a stir as LMP3. Announced in 2014 and born in 2015, the Automobile Club…

Believe it or not, Formula 3 (or at least F3 in its traditional sense) was always an open-chassis formula, accessible to anybody with the ambition and facilities to build a…

It's amazing to think how far Chevron came in just a few short years during the 1960s. Putting the vacuous legal bickering over trademarks, rights and ownership of the last few…

Some may try to lump the original Lamborghini Super Trophy into the same category as so many other run-of-the-mill single-make racing championships, but you shouldn’t. Porsche’s behemoth Carrera Cup notwithstanding,…

There's something beautifully  simplistic about older-model 911s. Sure, they’re technically advanced, with their convention-defying rear-mounted engines and trick electrics, but that rather basic, no-frills silhouette has been known and loved…

While rival companies such as Lotus, McLaren and Jaguar often get the plaudits for innovation in motor sport, there can be no overlooking the role Cooper Cars Co played in…

The 1960s were a golden age of touring car racing. From Jim Clark delicately three-wheeling a Cortina around Paddock Hill Bend, to American ‘Yank Tanks’ rumbling around Oulton Park, the…

Motor racing will never be a completely accessible sport, especially in these modern times of high-tech single-make cars populating the junior slopes. But the fact that racing started as, and…

Can-Am enjoyed many colourful descriptions. Terms like ‘brutal’ and ‘fire-breathing’ were thrown around, but the one you may not remember was ‘The Bruce and Denny Show’. It didn’t have the…

Sometimes bigger doesn't mean better. That’s the lesson ultimately learned with the Jaguar XJR-11. Tom Walkinshaw’s recipe for sports car success was simple. Take world-class designers, put together an exceptional…