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Foolhardy Or Not - That Is The Question

By Philip Porter Following JLR’s policy of sending ‘cease and desist’ instructions to artists who are selling their portrayals of Jaguars and Land-Rovers, there are disturbing rumours circulating i...

Is this a mid-engined Maserati 6CM

Above: (left, top and bottom) Is this a mid-engined Maserati 6CM, and where is it now?(right, top and bottom) Paperwork from Yugoslavia the same car?And now… a question from Michael Kliebenstein r...

Was the C-type a work of art or an aerodynamic sports-racing car?

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 ...

An Icon is Born, by Philip Porter

An extract from the forthcoming book on 9600 HP, E-type development prototype, press launch car and road-test car. At seven o’clock on a cold winter’s evening in 1961, a sleek Gunmetal Grey prototy...

A Tribute to Murray Walker, by Philip Porter

‘I believe that Murray Walker was as important to the success of motorsport in the last three decades of the previous millennium as the drivers. It was he who took the sport, the show, to the masse...

Ettore and Jean Bugatti, by Mark Morris and Julius Kruta

Extract taken from Bugatti Type 50 - The autobiography of Bugatti's first Le Mans car, by Mark Morris and Julius Kruta Ettore Bugatti’s biography is the story of an ingenious engineer and restless ...

The Swansong of the Great

Above image: The Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8B Landaulette-de-Ville Imperial, by Castagna, in all its beauty.   By Michael Kliebenstein 1931 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8B Landaulette-de-Ville Imperial by Cas...

When 356 Does Not Equal 904, by Martin Emmison

DOUBLE DOPPELGANGERS As an English lawyer specialising in collector cars, I have handled many disputes, more than a fair share of which have featured Porsches. Starting in the 1980s, the surging va...

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 ...

C-type Replica Furore

By Philip Porter As you may have heard, the C-type replica world has been thrown into disarray by recent legal proceedings in Sweden. The facts, as we understand them, are that a gentleman called ...