The Motorsport Scrapbook (55)
In the mid-1960s, a small but successful engineering company was approached by Colin Chapman of Lotus to design a grand prix engine following the...
The Centered Tachometer
Since the 550 Spyder, the round instruments with the centrally positioned tachometer have been a defining feature of the Porsche cockpit – DNA that...
Petit Le Mans – Or: In Search Of Lost Time
Two men, a Porsche Carrera GT, and one rather crazy idea.
That’s all we’re saying for now.
Le Mans was just around the corner....
McKlein Motorsport Classics: Grand Prix de l’A.C.F. 1961
The 1961 French Grand Prix took place on the very fast Reims circuit and was a slipstream race. The strain of that fast running...
The Motorsport Scrapbook (54)
Juan Manuel Fangio was undoubtedly one the finest ambassadors for motor sport. Not only was he respected by those who raced against him but...
The Girl And The Devil
Against all odds: how someone unexpectedly found himself riding shotgun in one of the most brutal muscle cars of all time.
Was he dreaming?...
The Bertone Bodied Storm Z-250 Concept Car
The 1950s were an exciting time for concept cars. Ford’s radical X-100, which toured the United States and Europe, previewed styling cues that would...
Formula One – The Exhibition
It took five years of intensive preparation to put together this truly fantastic exhibition. But the effort was worth it. After stops in Buenos...
Hans Herrmann – A Personal Obituary
On 19 January we said goodbye to Hans Herrmann at the Waldfriedhof cemetery in Maichingen, attended by many distinguished guests. Even Wolfgang Porsche did...
Romance Of Rust: Craftsmanship In A Digital Age
In a quiet corner of Brentford’s docklands, inside a cold, unapologetically honest 19th-century industrial building, there is a workshop that feels less like a...
The Last Silver Arrow
In the summer of 1955 the world watched a race car fly apart in front of a packed grandstand at Le Mans. It was...
They’re Flying Again
No one had really doubted it, of course. Still, the Defender wants to prove itself once and for all – at the toughest off-road...
