Blogs

Driving a GT40

Ultimate Ford GT40 author Mark Cole recalls his one-and-only Ford GT40 drive, more than 50 years ago During my time as sports editor of Hot Car magazine in the 1970s I had the chance to drive so...

Gene Hackman 1930-2025

Mark Cole looks back at his racing career Above: image credit, Toyota North America media archives Hollywood actor Gene Hackman came to fame in his 1971 movie The French Connection, which (like St...

Tunnel Vision

Philip Porter takes 9600HP on an aerodynamic adventure  There are few adventures, even to the adventurous, in this over-regulated, namby-pamby day and age. But I have just had one. Like most thing...

Marcello Gandini 1938-2024

By Andrew Noakes Automotive designer Marcello Gandini, who died earlier this month, was renowned as one of the foremost masters of his craft. He was best known for his work at Bertone from the mid...

Hesketh on Hunt, Ferrari and the 1970s Superbears

Article by Max Jaxon Above: photo courtesy of Max Jaxon Lord Hesketh revealed the inside story of the 1970s Formula 1 team bearing his name at the inaugural Motoring Literary and Art Festival in...

A Heritage Honoured

As 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 ...

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. Whethe...

The Quizmaster’s Tale

Many 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 t...

Murray signs off first T.50

By 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 bat...

A Model Photographer

By 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...