To Le Mans and back in my Austin 7
Words and images by Martin Port Well, I not only made it there in the Austin 7, but I also made it back again! Epic trip, but with the added emotion of having done it in a car I built...
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A Heritage Honoured
Read nowAs a car-mad 13-year-old back in 1986, being handed a copy of the Mercedes-Benz bookazine In Aller Welt was a huge deal. Not only did it provide incredible insight into the popular marque, it also happened to be issue number...
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The Hoffman Prototype
Regardless of how well you know the world of motoring, the sheer diversity of passion of its devotees means the opportunity to be surprised by a car you never knew existed is seldom far off. Whether it be a concept car abandoned prior to its unveiling, a perfectly developed prototype hidden away for decades, or an all-new race car that never saw competition, you can be sure that at every moment over the last 125 years, somebody somewhere has been building a car in secret. You can be equally sure that someone will eventually discover these automotive treasures and put them on public display for all to enjoy.Read now -
Land Rover 75th Anniversary in Cooma, Australia 2023
Read nowAbove: Nick Dimbleby (left) with Bob Ives. Image by former Camel Trophy competitor Tim Postgate 'I was invited to the 75th Anniversary event in Cooma, Australia to talk about my photography work with Land Rover and Camel Trophy. I shared...
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Peter Collins – A memorial for one of Britain’s greatest drivers
Read nowBy Mark Andrews It was whilst visiting Peter Collins’s grave at Stone church and his family garage at Mustow Green, along with the Collins family home and a number of Peter’s favourite watering holes that I realised there was very...
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The Quizmaster’s Tale
Read nowMany of you may not realise that for the past two years, the Newsletter Quiz questions have been set in New Zealand, thanks to the wonders of the Internet. How did this come about? Who better to tell you than...
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Murray signs off first T.50
Read nowBy Wayne Batty Judging by recent happenings, it’s safe to say the gestation period for a contemporary hypercar is nothing less than four years. Croatia’s Rimac, maker of the blisteringly quick battery-powered Concept One, first showed that car’s follow-up, the...
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A Model Photographer
Read nowBy Wayne Batty How diorama builder Nico Ongena uses the illusion of scale to capture visual magic. Three years ago, Nico Ongena began a new hobby: taking photographs of relatively cheap 1/64 scale model cars with his smartphone. From the...
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The Multi-Union
Read nowBackfire from a famous Brooklands racer By Michael Kliebenstein Above: Chris Staniland behind the wheel of the magnificent Multi-Union. The car is airborne at the notorious bump at Brooklands Outer Circuit.The air was cold and musty as we made our...
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The Aintree Phantom
Read nowBy Michael Kliebenstein How I came to own what was likely the first safety car in Formula 1 Above: The gargantuan Rolls-Royce Phantom I, chassis 84FH, was converted in 1940 for the RAF into a shooting brake to carry spares...
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Ghost Story
Read nowPeter Burn recalls a wonderful little memory from September 1965, just four months after he first joined Autosport.
'Before I even had a company car, I was – rather at the last minute – despatched to Crewe, by train, to meet up with John Bolster to photograph the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow at its launch.'
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Porsche 917 meets 963 at Daytona
Read nowBy Wayne Batty There’s even earlier history here, but the last time Porsche went top-tier endurance racing in both the North American IMSA series and the FIA’s WEC (née World Sportscar Championship) in the same season was all the way...
