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...

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...

France in the '70s: Part 2

By Michael Kliebenstein Read part one of France in the '70s A year later, I returned to Dijon, again buying myself a very cheap Citroën Traction Avant 11 Légère to travel around in. I think it was ...

A Bugatti for Christmas

By Wayne Batty At the tender and still impressionable age of 13, Philip Porter received, as a birthday gift from his parents, a veritable tome on Bugatti written by the great expert Hugh Conway. Po...

France in the '70s: Part 1

By Micheal Kliebenstein Of all the amazing places I’ve experienced over the years, my most fond memories are of France in the seventies. Yes, I belong to a generation that grew up with the images o...

In The Manner Of Voltaire

In 1757, the French writer and playwright ‘Voltaire’, wrote, of poor wronged Admiral John Byng who was executed on board his own ship for supposedly disobeying orders, ‘...in this country, it is fo...

An unexpected Cooper SuperFind

By Michael KliebensteinWhenever I see a very significant race car still sporting its original steering wheel, racing seat and instruments, it always affects me. I feel it especially when I know tha...

Future Classic: Lamborghini Huracán GT3

As I gaze at the chiselled, stealth-like structure of the Huracán GT3 I realise how far my classic-car-informed mind is out of touch with current sports car styling principles.

The Twists and Turns of Research

Part of the fun of writing and publishing is the research, and the occasional surprise. Chas Parker is currently working on our next Exceptional Cars book, this one featuring the famous SS Jaguar ...

Changes in the classic car landscape

I cannot help but notice that things have changed very quickly over the last few years. Historically, classic car values rose almost every 6 months, while dealers were willing to purchase inventory...