It’s interesting how things evolve. While I have had no personal experience with the Invicta marque there has always been...
Six (possibly seven) DB2 chassis were sent to Graber, in Switzerland, for custom convertible bodies that featured fixed front fenders...
The 1956 Austin Princess (above, Stephen Kim photo courtesy of RM Sotheby’s) that served as Beatle John Lennon’s personal limousine is coming up for auction at RM Sotheby’s September 7 sale at Battersea Evolution in central London. The auction is being held in partnership with the Concours of Elegance at...
Having been fortunate enough to receive an invitation to the London Premiere of the movie McLaren, a wonderful tribute to...
London to Brighton, UK November 7, 2010 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
London, England November 5, 2017 “Brisk” morning run out of London. Photo: L-to-B Organizers Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our...
Known simply as “Prof” to many in the motor racing community and Sid to his near friends, Professor Watkins may...
Earls Court, London, England. October 1960. Battista Farina (second from right) pictured with the Farina-Bodied Chevrolet Corvair. Photo courtesy of:...
Rudolf Uhlenhaut was born in London, during his father’s term as head of the London branch of the Deutsche Bank in July 1906. He trained as an engineer and became an excutive for Mercedes-Benz. He had a long association with the Mercedes-Benz racing program in both the ’30s and the...
A brand-new motoring garden party called the City Concours will launch in the heart of London June 8-9. Organized by...
London to Brighton, UK November 6, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Today we think of Fiat’s role in Grand Prix racing as the owner of Ferrari, but the Turin company was once a successful pacesetter in the sport in its own right. Using radical new designs, it transformed Grand Prix technology. Both spectacular and practical, the test track atop Fiat’s five-storey...
Crystal Palace, London, UK August 27-28, 2017 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
Jaguar’s XK120 Roadster was introduced at the London Motor Show in the fall of 1948. A year later, cars began...
Circa-1920s outside the London home of Rolls-Royce at 15 Conduit Street.Photo: Courtesy of Rolls-Royce On March 27, 1863, Frederick Henry Royce was born, joining his three sisters and a brother as a child of James and Mary Royce, of Alwalton near Peterborough, in the UK. James, like his father before...
• Coys rounded off a successful year with their final auction of 2012, “True Greats”, on December 4th, at Westminster,...
London Classic Car Show, ExCel, London, UK, January 8-11, 2015 (Click to enlarge images) Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
The Morgan Motor Company With no thoughts of cars in mind, I first visited Malvern in the high summer of 1962, arriving by train after a three-hour journey from London on an oven-like day in June. It all seemed like the poem Adlestrop, as nothing stirred. Little did I know...
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On his way to 5th place overall in the 1955 East London Winter Handicap, John Hanning (Aston-Nash) leads Roy Humphreys...
Raymond Mays demonstrates the BRM V16 during an “Ancien Pilotes” demonstration race in the late 1960s. Photo: J Pearson Archive Aspiration and reality are often diametrically opposed. Dreams, however, do come true every time an amateur driver clambers aboard, or wriggles into, a Grand Prix car once raced by a sporting...
Trans World Historic Rallying has announced the return of the epic London to Sydney Marathon Rally, last run in 2004,...
RM Sotheby’s 11th annual auction at Battersea Evolution in London generated £7,064,475 (US$9,308,461) in total sales with many of the...
David Scotney was, for many years, the face of Lola Cars at motor racing events around the world. Born and bred in the Huntingdon area of Cambridgeshire, David honed his mechanical skills at local garages during and after his apprenticeship. In 1978 he joined Lola, working on the T500 USAC...
During RM Auctions’ two-day sale in London’s Battersea Park 120 exclusive collector cars sold for a spectacular $34,085,045.00, an impressive...
The outright world record for driving non-stop from Cape Town to London was smashed on February 11th, by two very...
The Sevenoaks and District Car Club’s efforts to uphold the heritage of London’s Crystal Palace as a venue for motorsport continued in style at the end of May when the organization played host to the fourth annual Motorsport at the Palace event. A huge entry of more than 200 cars...
My driving roots were from my Dad and my brother who both raced. I was brought up with and around...
ExCal Exhibition Centre, London, UK February 9-11, 2018 The Costin Amigo prototype.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
September 2, 2012 Royal Hospital Gardens, London Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on partner...