Gullwings, Blowers And Savage Panthers
The Autumn Motorsport Day at the famous Brooklands oval circuit west of London was awash with beautiful examples of cars from across the decades, as befits a venue with such a long and illustrious...
View ArticleRacing Reverberates Around Brooklands
The Brooklands Autumn festival wasn’t called Motorsport Day for nothing: the sounds of competition engines echoed off the banking and buildings of the 100-year-old oval track. And what better sound...
View ArticleTaking It To The Top At Brooklands
What is it about inanimate lumps of metal, glass and rubber that can stir such emotion? And why is it only certain lumps of metal? Why should an old red car from Italy stand out more than a new red car...
View ArticleBrooklands: The Crucible Of Auto Racing
Close the corporations! Sequester the supermarkets! Emotions can run high once you visit Brooklands, one of the most imposing and impressive pieces in the jigsaw of automotive history. One visit to the...
View ArticleBrooklands Museum: The Fastest On Earth
The Brooklands oval in the UK was home to the fastest cars on earth for the 32 years it was open, and the modern Brooklands Museum celebrates this fact with an impressive collection of cars from both...
View ArticleThe 564hp Steam Punk Speed Freak
There are some cars which have the power to completely captivate all of those around them just by their mere presence. No sound. No fanfare. Car people just know when there’s something special around....
View ArticleMercedes-benz World: Past, Present And Future
I still walk into main dealerships with apprehension. It’s that feeling of the salespeople looking at you as though you don’t deserve to be there: how could you – you – possibly buy one of my precious...
View ArticleAMG At M-B World: Iron Fists And Velvet Gloves
It’s interesting how overtly mainstream brands are now pushing their performance divisions, emphasising their sporting credentials more than ever. You have M Power for BMW, Audi’s quattro GmbH,...
View ArticleAston Martin: 100 Years, 100 Stories
It’s true that very few car companies have simple histories. The complex nature of what is involved in producing a car in any era – the risks, the market, the technology – means that passion and...
View ArticleMaking A Morgan: If You Could, You Wood Too
This is a tough one. I’m not even sure what a visit to the Morgan Motor Company actually counts as. Factory tour? Artisan workshop? Museum? Cutting edge technology demonstration? Hospital for the...
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