Blogs

You're only supposed to sign the bloody books!

On the evening of May 30, a very distinguished panel of personalities assembled at the Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall to launch The Self Preservation Society - 50 Years of the Italian Job, the...

Launch of our new book on F1 designer, Gordon Murray CBE, at the RAC

Tuesday 14 May saw us at the RAC in Pall Mall to launch our latest book – actually a two-volume set: One Formula – 50 Years of Car Design – Gordon Murray. There were two elements to this long, but ...

Iso Isetta: small car - big impact

The Isetta is physically a small car but as an idea and a design concept it had a big impact on the automobile industry. Conceived and developed by the Italian motor scooter and motorcycle company,...

Falling-out with Ron Dennis led to Gordon Murray’s greatest design

Annoyance at decisions made by McLaren chief Ron Dennis was enough, in the end, for designer Gordon Murray to walk away from the world-famous company in Woking and establish his own enterprise. Se...

Famous faces and fantastic racing

Goodwood Members Meeting Blog – by Albert Wall Unlike last year, this was a weekend to remember. Goodwood had decided to move the annual Members’ Meeting back a few weeks in the hope of some warmer...

Martin Brundle, an AWOL James Hunt, and their second careers

He battled wheel-to-wheel with Senna and Schumacher, won the 24-hour races at Le Mans and Daytona, was crowned World Sportscar Champion, successfully switched careers from racing to broadcasting, ...

Amelia Island 2019

I have just returned from the Amelia Island Concours, having thoroughly enjoyed the event. It was my first time at this famous Florida gathering, which has now been going 24 years. One of the good...

How nationalism and an iron-fisted ruler put Fangio on the world stage

It’s an uncomfortable truth, but the springboard to Juan Manuel Fangio’s five World Championships was provided by an army general-turned-President who welcomed Nazi war criminals into his country ...

The eccentric heroine who rescued one of the Bentley Boys

The Bentley Boys are remembered as the brave free spirits of a golden age, but in all the hero-worship it is too easy to overlook the important role played by a heroine. An unlikely heroine, it’s t...

The Great Cars series is an invitation to go time travelling

Stories of great competition cars are really about so much more besides. Great cars result from great ideas and ambitions, dedication and teamwork, rivalries and setbacks, stubbornness and bounce-...