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When is a gentleman (sometimes) not a gentleman?

by Martin Emmison First published in Motor Racing News c. 2012 ANSWER: when he races another gentleman’s car on an unwritten ‘you bend it, you mend it’ gentleman’s agreement … and then bends it! We...

Porsche 917 ex-David Piper

By Michael Kliebenstein One day I got a surprise call to view an interesting Porsche in northern Germany. The car in question I knew only from pictures and the occasional Nürburgring appearance in ...

Cooper T39 Bobtail - The Fastest Sports Car Down Under

By Stewart Longhurst With fewer than half of the 50 cars built thought to have survived, it’s not often that you see a Cooper T39 ‘Bobtail’, let alone one with a Briggs Cunningham team racing live...

Il Maestro and ‘The Turtle’, by Richard Heseltine

By Richard Heseltine Giorgetto Giugiaro is nothing if not an overachiever: a man with a gilded resume that includes umpteen landmark post-war design icons. Nonetheless, ask him to comment on his pa...

Selection of Michael Turner's Motorsport Paintings

Early in the season, Stirling Moss was seriously injured at Goodwood, ending his career. The championship was therefore between Graham Hill, in the BRM P57, and Jim Clark, in his Lotus-Climax 25, w...

Michael Turner's Story, by Philip Porter

Michael Turner has been established at the very top of his profession as a motor racing artist for many decades. His work is universally known throughout the motoring world, as is his distinctive s...

The Thomas Sommer Superfinds Collection

Adapted from the book SuperFinds by Michael Kliebenstein Although he is an accomplished businessman and has given his name in sponsorship to his local Bundesliga football stadium, Thomas Sommer ten...

A Selection of Early Gordon Murray Sketches

Above: Gordon Murray's initial sketches of potential spaceframe arrangements with one (of 6 September 1989) showing the first incarnation of the final Rocket body shape. Sketches copyright Gordon ...

Rocket - In Gordon Murray's words

So far in my automotive career, I have designed upwards of 50 cars but the Rocket stands out as a very important and personal design for many reasons. Firstly, Chris and I had been talking about do...

Michael‘s SuperFinds: The mysterious racer

By Michael Kliebenstein   When I was researching cars in Italy for a client, I got a call from my friend Paolo telling me that he had seen a very mysterious race car in Vicenza. The mystery being ...