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 past efforts and he will invariably dismiss them out...
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 conjecture, as does the identity of the man...
Can toys be SuperFinds? The answer is clearly yes, absolutely. Take this ultra rare first series Alfa Romeo P2 toy by CIJ for example. I found this model at exactly the wrong moment. I had no money to spare, was...
Early in the season, Stirling Moss was seriously injured at Goodwood, ending his career. The championship was therefore between Graham Hill, in the BRM P57, and Jim Clark, in his Lotus-Climax 25, with Hill taking four wins to clinch the...
Michael Turner has been established at the very top of his profession as a motor racing artist for many decades. His work is universally known throughout the motoring world, as is his distinctive style. We first met on a Guild...
By Stewart Longhurst Barely a week goes by of late without another ‘forgotten marque’ being reborn with the launch of some kind of continuation model or recreation. Whilst there is no shortage of ear-splitting, V8-powered AC Cobra replicas, few would...
By James Page Tucked away in the Cotswolds above the picturesque village of Bibury, the Classic Motor Hub has become a popular destination for enthusiasts since it opened a few years ago. For obvious reasons, in 2020 it has been...
By Stewart Longhurst Photos by Peter Harholdt. Images are of an original Vanwall VM5, part of the Miles Collier Collections at the Revs Institute. 19 October 2020 - just a couple of weeks ago - marked 62 years since...
Adapted from the book SuperFinds by Michael Kliebenstein Although he is an accomplished businessman and has given his name in sponsorship to his local Bundesliga football stadium, Thomas Sommer tends otherwise to avoid the spotlight. He is the owner of...
It was Goodwood but not as we know it! It was great to be back at the finest historic motoring racing circuit in the world but it was mighty strange that the place was eerily lacking in spectators and the...
By Stewart Longhurst Photos courtesy GTO Engineering As David Wheeler pointed out in his latest book Ferrari 250 GTE - the family car that funded racing, nearly two hundred Ferrari 250 GTE chassis are known to have been rebodied to...
By David Wheeler (Adapted from Ferrari 250 GTE - The family car that funded the racing) It is well known that Enzo Ferrari had little interest in his road cars and is quoted as saying, ‘I have, in fact, no...
