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When Is A Box A Bonnet?

One of the most satisfying aspects of Porter Press is coming up with increasingly creative and off-the-wall ideas for our special editions.  For a number of years now, we have had a superb profes...

Gentleman Jack

First published in Classic & Sportscar, August 1988 Jack Sears is custodian of his family’s collection – which includes not only racing Bentleys, but veteran Mercedes, Rolls-Royces and a Ferrar...

TVR Factory Update

In December 2020, TVR announced that renovations to its future production facility in Ebbw Vale had been given the green light by the company’s partners in the Welsh Government. In an exciting upda...

Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 2

Read Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 1  While I am on the subject, it might be interesting for readers to know what my views eventually were on Stirling Moss as a result of driving for two whole s...

The 1980s Railton And My Inadvertent Involvement

by Philip Porter When I was researching for my massive tome, Jaguar E-type – The Definitive History in about 1987, I visited the designer William Towns (remembered for the Aston Martin DBS and the ...

Pump House No.2

When you’re a top designer and author in need of an inspirational garden office but spending silly money on a pre-built shepherd's hut seems, well, silly, then you best get creative. Which is exact...

Historic and Classic Vehicles Alliance

100k+ SKILLED UK JOBS AT RISK AS RED TAPE THREATENS TO STRANGLE CLASSIC VEHICLE TRADE. NEW TRADE ASSOCIATION WILL CAMPAIGN TO SECURE FUTURE OF GREAT BRITISH INDUSTRY More than 100,000 jobs are in p...

JLR Scandal – An Update, by Philip Porter

STOP PRESS (23/03/23): We are exceptionally pleased to say that the Magnussons have won their appeal against the lower Swedish court's decision in favour of JLR with regard to their C-type replica ...

Porsche 935/78 ‘Moby Dick’ and Project ‘Typ 935/80’

The Leviathan From 2022 onwards, GT cars in endurance racing will be built to GT3 regulations, which means they’ll be technically less sophisticated than the current GT2-based cars, but above all, ...

Lance Macklin and the HWM - Part 1

by Lance Macklin In 1949 I had one or two drives on the continent in the 6CL. Maserati which I co-owned with John Gordon. On top of this I was a member of the Aston Martin team that participated in...