The Peninsula today announced the eight nominees for its prestigious The Peninsula Classics 2019 Best of the Best Award, an...
A weekend full of horsepower, friendships and history came to an exciting end Sunday, when the 1938 Darracq/Talbot Lago owned...
On May 23, 1945, the British wartime government came to an end and on July 5 voting took place to elect a new government. The result of the election surprised, but did not altogether shock, Winston Churchill, who had campaigned for a re-election. There were, however, more than a few...
Vern Schuppan The motor racing career of Australian Vern Schuppan has been written up extensively over the years. Born in...
Mecum Auctions has announced that more than 50 cars from the Academy of Art University museum will cross the Las...
On the second weekend in July the Golden Anniversary of Hagley and District Light Car Club’s first sprint was celebrated at Chateau Impney. Although the event took a major hiatus from 1967 to 2015, the year of the first revival, this third edition of the modern meeting has confirmed a...
Vintage Bentleys dominated the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Baltic Classic Rally, taking the three top spots in the Vintageants category....
“Where have all the young teams gone?” the words of that famous song with a one word alteration could well...
More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane many thousands of miles to take part in an obscure six-lap motor race near the southern tip of Africa. Neither of the brothers would have very long racing careers, but...
Gareth Burnett and Jez Haylock emerged as winners of the Endurance Rally Association’s Alpine Trial with their 1934 Talbot 105...
Talbot-Lago, the name rolls off your tongue like a dew drop rolls off a leaf, deliberate but elegant. The cars...
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing. They believed that advertising, prestige and development were in their interest and they were right. Demand for the motorcar began to increase. Most of these companies ran “Works Teams.” They...
Moretti Memories Dear Editor, Your write up on the Moretti in the April issue made me begin to think about...
Seen here at Monaco, Laffite scored two of his six Grand Prix wins in 1981, taking his favorite Talbot Ligier JS17-Matra...
Marty and Lee Talbot holding Explorers’ flag.Photo: Lee Talbot Family Collection To describe 81-year-old Lee Talbot as a race driver for more than 60 years would provide only the tip of the iceberg for this interesting man. Professor of Environmental Studies at George Mason University in Virginia would be a...
Photo: Gerard Brown A Talbot 105 Alpine has won the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Alpine Trial, 80 years after a...
Ode to ’53 Dear Editor, Really enjoyed the review of 1953 by Mike Lawrence (March 2014)—a terrific season with so...
The historic Brooklands motor racing circuit echoed to the sounds of the past on February 16, when a group of Talbots and other historic cars celebrated the 100th anniversary of the occasion in 1913 when Percy Lambert became the first person in the world ever to travel 100 miles in...
Photo: David Gooley One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic...
During the late 1920s changes in automobile design began to be seen. After the stock market crash, even Henry Ford...
The 2010 Tour Britannia had a small but very competitive entry in both the regularity and competition sections, the former having 17 finishers and the latter 21. Overall winners on the Index of Performance were Michael Bell and James Patterson in a very effective Gilbern GT 1800. The competition section...
Under cloudy skies, fortuitously slotted between rain showers, the second Lobethal Grand Carnival opened the historic 8.7-mile Adelaide Hills road...
1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations, made my Le Mans debut…not necessarily in that order! I can only now reveal that it is possible to race at Le Mans with one eye! This may come as...
1934 Team Talbot 105s When the conversation turns to the great prewar race and rally teams, the big names—Bentley, Maserati,...
From the birth of the automobile to the start of World War II, a host of French and British automobiles...
The Tour Auto in France, the Tour d’Espagne in Spain, the Tour of Morocco and several other events which combine racing cars, public roads, circuit races, special rally stages, and hill climbs have all gained in popularity and following over the last several years. Britain is one of the few...
