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The last Lagonda
The last Lagonda, the long, low razor edge saloon of the 1980s is the epitaph that designer William Towns wished…

The last Lagonda, the long, low razor edge saloon of the 1980s is the epitaph that designer William Towns wished…
Back in 1991, BMW launched a much-hyped coupe to replace the elegant, outgoing M635CSi. Whilst the superseded model rapidly acquired…
More of a muscle-tone than a face-lift, Alfa's revisions to its executive flyer are significant, but almost invisible. Added side…
Does this number plate mean anything to you? RDU 93 . . . " The caller hadn't finished before I…
For its third running the MOTOR SPORT Trophy race for Historic F1 cars at the HSCC Championship Finals at Silverstone…
At one time I was reticent about publishing photographs of fatal motor racing accidents in my books or in MOTOR…
Only a few spectators witnessed the accident, which happened at lightning speed as Zborowski left the Lesmo bend and was…
There is a generally mistaken impression that the so-called Emancipation Run, which took place from London to Brighton, on November…
The Brooklands Museum Trust has a new idea for raising finance; which revives the thought that the Government or British…
Morgan memories Some time ago the proud owner of the Morgan Plus-4, KAB 303, reintroduced me to it, reminding me…
Driving a David Sutton-prepared Lotus Cortina, Spaniard Ignacio Sunsundegui and Briton Dave Nicholson overcame gearbox problems to score a convincing…
When its Weston-super-Mare sprint had to be abandoned due to a lack of modem entries for the Burnham MC's section…
Party pieces Competition events apart, another fun aspect of the vintage-car movement is the private party to commemorate, even celebrate,…
Nigel Mansell's IndyCar diary - Columbia Tristar, W H Smith, £10.99 These four videos are based on the late-night ITV…
Vintage Style - The Story of Cross & Ellis, by Gillian Bardsley, £9.95 It is rare to have a book…
Mille Miglia 1993, Porter Productions, £14.99. There's not much you can do to make one year's MM retro-run look different…
Standard & Standard - Triumph, by Brian Long. Veloce Publishing, £19.99. The history of the Standard Motor Co was well…
Rover P6, by James Taylor. MRP, £19.95. Anyone who wants full information on the Rover P6 models from 1963 to…
Some good news is that MRP has published two more of its essentially useful Collector's Guide series (aside from the…
Sir, Why do some car manufacturers still quote the power of their engines in the archaic German units of Pferdestarke…
So how much faster do we think the Ferraris could have gone yesterday in the Spanish Grand Prix? Kimi Räikkönen, in the post-race press conference, hinted that the Italian squad…
Fernando Alonso will miss the Australian Grand Prix as a medical precaution following his being knocked unconscious in last week’s Barcelona testing accident. Although McLaren stresses that the various scans…
Regular readers may remember back in November I asked you to advise me what cheap and fun old car I should buy to replace my under-utilised old 911. The response…
To buy the lead image, click here Featuring first-time wins, maiden podiums and a double Minardi birthday, this week's round-up from the Archive ventures from San Remo in 1949 to…