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Jaguar C-type Replicas - The Uproar Grows In Volume

By Philip Porter To remind those not familiar with the current uproar: companies and individuals have been building replicas, particularly of C-type Jaguars, since the ’70s. Several companies have ...

Competition History

 Extract taken from Ford Model T - An Enthusiast's Guide  1908 to 1927 (all models and Variants) Above: After building the massive ‘999’ race car in 1902, Henry Ford was reluctant to drive it him...

Styling Inspiration? By Philip Porter

By Philip Porter In view of the legal turmoil currently in the Jaguar C-type world, I thought it might be amusing to dig out a few pages from my very first book, published in 1984.  Very new to thi...

The Malcolm Sayer Mysteries

By Philip Porter I am currently working on a completely new edition of a book I wrote for a massive publisher by the name of Orion, some 20 or so years ago about my E-type, with the obnoxious title...

E-type – The Fashion Icon

by Philip Porter All images by Abigail Humphries The E-type went on sale in 1961 and remained in production until 1974, bridging two decades that would come to define the fashion industry. Both th...

Speed sensation - Le Mans test weekend, 18/19 April 1964

The test weekend at the long, fast Le Mans circuit would provide better proof of how efficient Sami Klat’s hard work over the winter had been – particularly down the 3.7-mile Mulsanne straight. Ano...

A unique E-type SuperFind waiting to be found again

Above image: The early E-type SuperFind in Sicily, with only 23,000km from new. I miss my fantastic early E-type! It is exactly 35 years ago today that I bought my Jaguar E-type, and I can tell y...

Was the first Porsche built in Italy?

For those of you who think they know all about Porsche and its cars, here is a fascinating story that may surprise. On my travels I came cross a cute red car with a double-bubble roof, sitting in N...

Stirling Moss on the Maserati 250F

When Stirling Moss’s attempts during the early 1950s to achieve Formula 1 success in British cars bore little fruit, he finally concluded that he had to look abroad for a competitive car. He turned...

Milestone Anniversary

Record-breaking 2020 for UK-based specialist publisher Sir Stirling Moss’s scrapbooks laid the foundations for company’s success Motoring legends and top collectors pay tribute to Porter Press ...