The Tour Auto in France, the Tour d’Espagne in Spain, the Tour of Morocco and several other events which combine...
From the birth of the automobile to the start of World War II, a host of French and British automobiles...
1934 Team Talbot 105s When the conversation turns to the great prewar race and rally teams, the big names—Bentley, Maserati, Alfa Romeo—tend to dominate the list that is produced. Certain marques managed to get a great deal of attention at the time and have hogged the memory of most prewar...
1969 Chevron B8-BMW In my book, 2006 was a good year. Got my pensioner’s bus pass, had two cataract operations,...
Under cloudy skies, fortuitously slotted between rain showers, the second Lobethal Grand Carnival opened the historic 8.7-mile Adelaide Hills road...
It is astonishing what you can learn about different countries if you follow motor racing. I have no real knowledge about tax except for those tear-stained begging letters I receive from the Inland Revenue, but I have picked up a few things. Cunningham, Scarab, and Chaparral were all major American...
The 2010 Tour Britannia had a small but very competitive entry in both the regularity and competition sections, the former...
During the late 1920s changes in automobile design began to be seen. After the stock market crash, even Henry Ford...
Photo: David Gooley One glance at a late 1937, ‘38 or ‘39 Darl’mat 402 Special Sport tells you it’s classic Art Deco French. Those swoopy airfoil fenders reminiscent of custom coachbuilder Saoutchik’s Delahayes, as well as Ettore Bugatti’s creations of the era are the giveaway. Also, the almost cubist bright...
The historic Brooklands motor racing circuit echoed to the sounds of the past on February 16, when a group of...
Ode to ’53 Dear Editor, Really enjoyed the review of 1953 by Mike Lawrence (March 2014)—a terrific season with so...
Photo: Gerard Brown A Talbot 105 Alpine has won the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Alpine Trial, 80 years after a Talbot won the original 1934 rally —with the winning car and driver from 1934 also competing in the ERA event. The all-British team of Gareth Burnett and Jeremy Haylock won...
Marty and Lee Talbot holding Explorers’ flag.Photo: Lee Talbot Family Collection To describe 81-year-old Lee Talbot as a race driver...
Seen here at Monaco, Laffite scored two of his six Grand Prix wins in 1981, taking his favorite Talbot Ligier JS17-Matra...
Moretti Memories Dear Editor, Your write up on the Moretti in the April issue made me begin to think about some of my past experiences. No Subscription? You’re missing out Get immediate ad-free access to all our premium content. Get Started Already a Member? Sign in to your account here....
After the First World War and into the ’20s, many car manufacturers throughout Europe became involved in Grand Prix racing....
Talbot-Lago, the name rolls off your tongue like a dew drop rolls off a leaf, deliberate but elegant. The cars...
Gareth Burnett and Jez Haylock emerged as winners of the Endurance Rally Association’s Alpine Trial with their 1934 Talbot 105 Alpine (above, Gerrard Brown photo), duplicating their success in the event’s inaugural running. The all-British team faced fierce competition from runners-up John Abel and Leigh Powley in their 1937 Lagonda...
More than 80 years ago, two fabulously wealthy young American brothers, accompanied by their butler, flew a primitive plywood-based biplane...
“Where have all the young teams gone?” the words of that famous song with a one word alteration could well...
Vintage Bentleys dominated the Endurance Rally Association’s inaugural Baltic Classic Rally, taking the three top spots in the Vintageants category. Peking to Paris European Cup winners Bill Cleyndert and Jacqui Norman added another trophy to their cabinet — which also includes victory in the 2015 Road to Mandalay — after...
On the second weekend in July the Golden Anniversary of Hagley and District Light Car Club’s first sprint was celebrated...
Mecum Auctions has announced that more than 50 cars from the Academy of Art University museum will cross the Las...
Vern Schuppan The motor racing career of Australian Vern Schuppan has been written up extensively over the years. Born in South Australia, Vern was smitten with motor racing early in his life, initially with karts before setting off to the UK, in 1969, with his wife Jennifer to become a...
On May 23, 1945, the British wartime government came to an end and on July 5 voting took place to...
A weekend full of horsepower, friendships and history came to an exciting end Sunday, when the 1938 Darracq/Talbot Lago owned...
The Peninsula today announced the eight nominees for its prestigious The Peninsula Classics 2019 Best of the Best Award, an accolade presented to the world’s most exceptional classic car. The selected vehicles were built by automakers from five different countries over a span of nearly 40 years, 1919 to 1958....
