Ever hear the name TVR? Well, without Raymond Saidel, Trevor Wilkinson may never have brought TVR to the production car...
Most people when launching a new product normally try to come up with a new name to reflect innovation. Then...
The Jowett brothers—Benjamin and William—built their first car in 1906, which they drove and tested for four years before going into production in 1910. By 1916, 48 cars had been built, but after this the factory then switched to munitions work during the First World War. In 1920, the Jowett...
1931 AJS 9hp Richmond Saloon Mention AJS and most will think of motorcycles, but there was more to AJS than...
MG’s fabled Competitions Department enjoyed near constant success on the international racing stage. With victories in road racing, rallying, trials...
Vintage Racecar’s European team will be out in full force at the 10th Race Retro, at Stoneleigh Park, near Coventry, Warwickshire, from the 22nd to the 24th of February. In deference of the show’s chosen marque, Lotus, the Vintage Racecar stand (E40 Hall 2) will be exhibiting the JPS Lotus...
Pete Lyons Stirling Moss deliberately steering his Lotus into rain puddles around the Nürburgring—reading about that may have been the...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
The 1950s and ’60s were to many involved in Australian historic motor sport, the halcyon years. It was the time of the Australian Special, the racing of early model Holdens and the Tasman Series. Many names came and went, but quite a few remained and are still well known today...
1957 Lotus Eleven LM 150Photo: Shifting Focus It was still very early days for the small, but growing firm of Lotus...
Among this year’s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in...
It exploded at me around a blind embankment, big truck, top-heavy, heeling as it hurtled downhill. What its driver saw,...
Dan Gurney, as American as we make ’em, was once proposed to be President, and I still think our conflicted...
1972 Lola T290-Tecno Here is your first question for 10 points: How many racing car manufacturers have been going nonstop for 50 years? Answer: two. Let me refine the question a bit. How many manufacturers of only racing cars have been going for 50 years and are still in international...
1957 Climax-powered Jomar 1957 Climax-powered Jomar. Photo: Harold Pace You know the story. Start with a svelte English chassis, add...
