What you missed at auction this month
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…
The best from the classic, historic and sports car market: buying, selling, auctions and memorabilia
Exactly two years ago we previewed the Bonhams sale of a Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 that Niki Lauda drove to second place in the 1984 Nürburgring Race of Champions organised…
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…
1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider Competizione Sold by Gooding Christie’s, £18.8m There were gasps of amazement at RM Sotheby’s Maranello sale in 2012 when Chris Evans splashed out a…
In 1994, 95 million viewers are reported to have tuned in to watch a white Ford Bronco being pursued by up to 20 police cars at a stately 35mph along…
European and UK manufacturers ranging from Iso to De Tomaso and from Jensen to Sunbeam saw an easy route to performance by fitting big American V8 engines into their relatively…
This will be popular – because who doesn’t love an Alfa Romeo? As you’ll have gathered from the title, there’s no place here for the pre-World War II glory years.…
The F1 car in which Nigel Mansell took his first podium is now up for sale
How’s this for an automotive dream team? Carroll Shelby, Alejandro de Tomaso, Peter Brock and Medardo Fantuzzi. That was the quartet that came together exactly 60 years ago to develop…