Automobiles Peugeot Armand Peugeot was born on 26 March 1849 in Herimoncourt, in eastern France. He was the son of...
Brabham-Repco BT-19 Car: Brabham-Repco / Engine: V-8 Oldsmobile / Maker: Brabham / Bore X Stroke: 88.9 X 60.3 mm /...
Connaught Continental Cars Ltd. built their first proper racing car in 1949 using a 1,767cc Lea-Francis engine. Typical of small British makers of the period the company was chronically under financed but the cars that were made were exceptionally well built. Rodney Clarke, whose creations these were, was an outstanding...
Cooper Cars Charles Newton “Charlie” Cooper, the son of an actor also named Charles was born in Paris, France, on...
The Untold History of MGB GT Classic Cars In 1962 during the Earls Court Motor Show, it was the first...
Léon Bollée Automobiles Ernest Sylvain Bollee, born in 1814 brought his family to Le Mans in 1842, where he established a foundry for the production of bells. During the 1860s his health deteriorated and he was forced to turn the day-to-day running of his expanding businesses to his three sons....
Richard-Brasier The partnership between Richard and Brasier lasted less than four years. During the 1890s George Richard and his elder...
Société Renault Frères Louis Renault was born in Paris on February 15, 1877, the fourth of six children born into...
Talbot-Lago Antonio Franco Lago was an Italian engineer and motor-industry entrepreneur.The Anglo-French STD (Sunbeam-Talbot-Darracq) combine had collapsed during the worldwide depression and in 1934 he bought the French branch of Automobiles Talbot and founded the marque Talbot-Lago. On the home market the cars still bore the Talbot badge that they...
Die Silberpfeile – The Silver Arrows Teams The Fuhrer has spoken. The 1934 Grand Prix formula shall and must be...
Turcat-Méry Leon Turcat of Marseille, enjoyed recalling the story sixty years later when he visited with Armand Peugeot. He had...