Archive Kougar sports car: Have a break, have a kit cat Never claiming to be a ‘replica’ of anything but acknowledged to have been influenced by the designs of unusual-looking cars such as the Healey Silverstone and the Frazer Nash TT… April 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Zenith Chronomaster Sport watch — beat the queue Anyone who keeps an eye on the modern watch market will know that it is currently a waste of time to walk into a Rolex retailer that deigns to allow… April 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Online auctions ride the lockdown wave Edward Lovett certainly got his timing right when he founded the Collecting Cars online auction site in summer 2019. After coronavirus hit six months later, buying and selling through internet… March 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive 1937 Bugatti Type 57S: The special one Ask any pre-war car fan what marque he or she would most like to discover tucked away in a barn, and there’s a good chance that Bugatti will be at… March 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive 1978 MV Agusta Magni 861 — built with a magical touch Throughout the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, MV Agusta enjoyed one of the most remarkable runs of racing success of any motorcycle marque in history: 250 grand prix wins, 37 manufacturers’… March 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Hanhart Racemaster watch — right on the button Johan Hanhart started out as a watch retailer in 1882, but 20 years later his son Wilhelm joined the business and set about turning Hanhart into a manufacturer by opening… March 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Online auctions: has the novelty worn off? Mixed results at the year-end auctions in the UK and America suggest that the novelty might be wearing off when it comes to online sales, but continued uncertainty surrounding the… February 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The Gaul of it: '72 Le Mans-winning Matra MS670 up for sale Few interesting competition cars had been consigned for sale in early 2021 but the shortage is more than made up for by the fact that one of the most remarkably… February 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive 1938 Austin Seven Supercharged: The six-million dollar car When Herbert Austin converted his billiard room into a drawing office and tasked a young draughtsman from the ‘works’ to help design a small car, the result was the landmark… February 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision: Let us prey — Chopard Alpine Eagle Chopard co-president Karl-Friedrich Scheufele must be one of few car enthusiasts to have competed in every Mille Miglia since his firm became its official sponsor way back in 1988. As… February 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Precision: Gauge appropriate Allemano There’s no shortage of watch brands that have been set up to take advantage of the link between timekeeping and road vehicles, but seldom do they have a back story… January 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Lotus 47: Behind the mask It’s difficult to imagine a Lotus 47 ending up in a scrapyard nowadays, but that was allegedly where this one was saved from during the early 1970s, a time when… January 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton