Would-be motoring authors were informed and inspired at a unique workshop on 29 March organised by leading motoring book publisher Porter Press International. The 18 aspiring authors ranged from experienced writers and journalists to unpublished enthusiasts with book ideas they were...
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 Steve McQueen’s Bullitt) featured a car chase under...
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 things these days, it started with an email. It...
By Andrew Noakes Above: Parnelli Jones in 2009. Photo courtesy of Ian Wagstaff Above: Parnelli Jones (left) alongside Vince Granatelli demonstrating Lotus 56 gas turbine cars on the morning of the 2014 Indy 500. Photo courtesy of Ian Wagstaff Last week...
By Andrew Noakes Above: Bugatti Type 35 outside the new Bugatti Trust Hyperstudio at Coventry University with Trust staff and (centre right) Dr Shaun Hides, academic dean of the University’s College of the Arts & Society. Our friends at the...
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-1960s to the late 1970s which...
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 December. The story of Hesketh Racing is told...
By Kyle Hollister Formula 1 broadcaster Lee McKenzie and former Jordan technical director Gary Anderson provided a captivating insight into F1 racing at the Motoring Literary and Art Festival in December. McKenzie, well-known for her in-depth interviews with F1 drivers,...
Above: (left) Richard Heseltine interviews Karun Chandhok. Photo by Chloe Knight By Georgia Williams Racing driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Karun Chandhok appeared at the Motoring Literary and Art Festival to talk about his career and how to improve...
Article by Georgia Williams Above: photo courtesy of Max O'Neill Former Jaguar design directors Ian Callum and Julian Thomson teamed up to talk about their careers in automotive design on the first day of the Motoring Literary and Art Festival...
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...
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 happened to be issue number...
