Blogs

Prancing Horse or a lame duck?

We recall a historics star who developed his own strain of competition Ferrari Fabrizio Violati is perhaps best remembered for his famous – some might say notorious - Maranello Rosso collection of...

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...

Ghia Shelby Cobra GT

By Richard Heseltine It is a car that appeared out of nowhere and vanished from sight almost as quickly. Who, precisely, commissioned the construction of this one-off Shelby Cobra remains open to c...

The turbine-powered IndyCar you’ve never heard of

The 1960s witnessed a seismic shift in how IndyCars were designed. The front-engined Roadsters were on borrowed time the moment Jack Brabham and the Cooper Car Company rocked up for the 1961 runnin...

The Bevo Boats

By Richard Heseltine Coachbuilding is an artform, and one I find fascinating. I was recently asked to write a feature on the most creative metal-wielding firms of yesteryear and, remarkably enough,...

One man’s vision is another man’s eyesore – The remarkable Weitz X600

Books by Richard Heseltine Mallalieu was a name that, for a brief period in the 1970s, was rarely out of the specialist motoring press. Marque founder, Derry Mallalieu, built his Bentley MkVI-based...

Richard Heseltine recalls legendary journalist Ronald ‘Steady’ Barker

Steady on! Richard Heseltine recalls legendary journalist Ronald ‘Steady’ Barker, an amusing and learned man to the last. A recent conversation with a 70-something enthusiast wasn’t anything of th...

The Richard Heseltine Column - The Agony and the …. Agony!

It is perhaps a sad reflection on me, but I am drawn to obscure films for reasons I have never been able to explain. Moths show greater resistance to flame. I would rather sit through a ‘Euro-Spy’ ...

The Richard Hesetine Column - Interview with Alan Mann

He stretched self-deprecation beyond its elastic limits. Either that, or he was simply disinterested in what had happened decades ago. With Alan Mann, it was hard to tell. This sometime racer, team...

The Richard Heseltine Column - Celebrating Tony Crook

Over the past 25 years or so, I have been fortunate enough to interview umpteen car designers, racing drivers, motor moguls, and more besides. Of these, almost all have been men and women I have li...