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...
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. Whether it be a concept car abandoned prior to its unveiling, a perfectly developed prototype hidden away for decades, or an all-new race car that never saw competition, you can be sure that at every moment over the last 125 years, somebody somewhere has been building a car in secret. You can be equally sure that someone will eventually discover these automotive treasures and put them on public display for all to enjoy.
Above: Nick Dimbleby (left) with Bob Ives. Image by former Camel Trophy competitor Tim Postgate 'I was invited to the 75th Anniversary event in Cooma, Australia to talk about my photography work with Land Rover and Camel Trophy. I shared...
By Mark Andrews It was whilst visiting Peter Collins’s grave at Stone church and his family garage at Mustow Green, along with the Collins family home and a number of Peter’s favourite watering holes that I realised there was very...