Blogs

How the fearsome Porsche 917 progressed from tragedy to triumph

With huge power, light weight, and magnificently slippery bodywork, Porsche’s 917 was feared equally by those who raced against it and those who had to drive it. The 917 became the first car to re...

Bizzarrini - the Rebel, the Count and the Commendatore

He was fired by Enzo Ferrari for his role in a failed ‘Palace Revolt’, fought back by trying to out-do Ferraris on road and track, briefly produced cars under his own name before being swindled int...

Remembering the “gentleman” privateer whose F1 team was a giant-slayer

A few Sundays from now, historic racing cars will rumble through the streets of a town in Surrey to celebrate a local man whose little privateer team defeated Formula 1’s big-hitters. The event wil...

How English icon Aston Martin was saved by an engineer-designer from Italy

Although famous today for powerful good looks, Aston Martin came into the world as an ugly duckling. Aston’s first car was known, because of the unattractive metal container it resembled, as the Co...

My Top 10 Tips for those wanting to be a motoring writer

You must go the extra mile to make your material fresh and new, and not just repeat a well-known story If you want to earn respect from your readers and your colleagues, and have more satisfac...

Can you translate a passion for classic cars and motor racing into both a hobby and a business?

Yes. Read on! The following is an insight into how author and motor sport enthusiast, Philip Porter, transformed his love of old cars not only into a successful publishing company but also two clas...

For petrolheads, there has never been a better time to enjoy the past

It’s true: nostalgia is not what it used to be. There have been changes in the ways we enjoy driving and admiring classic road and racing cars and perhaps the greatest change of all is the increasi...

How did a Ferrari 250 GTO fetch $70 million?

Newspaper headlines expressed astonishment recently when a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (chassis number 4153 GT) changed hands for $70 million. This mind-boggling sum, equivalent to about £52.3m, is the h...

Book signings at XK70

The event saw the launch of a brand-new venture for us – our first children’s book. There were also plenty of book signing sessions with some of our authors.

Derek Bell’s dazzling Porsche career shows how the greatest never give up

May 09, 2018 You might expect a professional racing driver who’s won Le Mans five times and represented Ferrari in Formula One to have led a charmed life, but Derek Bell drove as many terrible car...