Archive May 2021 auction results: Pace Bowler’s big delivery 2013 Land Rover Defender 90 Hardtop TD 'Bowler Challenge' Sold by Gooding & Company, £30,620 This was the first Defender built for the Bowler Challenge one-make off-road series organised by… May 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Sunbeam Rapier: Back to my Rootes If you have regrets about failing to tackle a project during lockdown and are now fretting about having nothing to drive when we get the green light to return to… May 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive 1948 Cooper-Vincent F2: Running up that hill After its war-enforced hiatus, motor racing was well and truly back on the agenda by the late 1940s – not least thanks to the Cooper Car Company set up by… May 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Libyan tyrant’s luxury coupé d’etat: Dealer news Deposed Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi had his detractors but his appreciation of rare motors was exemplary. Before his regime was toppled, he ordered a Maybach 57S Xenatac Coupé but never… May 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The legend lives on British watch brand Bremont formed a partnership with Jaguar more than a decade ago when it made a bespoke clock for the C-X75 concept car. It followed that four years… May 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Sale of Matra ‘Holy Grail’ 1972 Matra MS670 Sold by Artcurial, £6.1m Chosen as our star sale car for the February issue, this Matra didn’t disappoint when it crossed the block at Artcurial’s Parisienne 2021 season… April 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Palmer Jaguar JP1 TS: L-plates not included There can be few people who know more about track days than motor sport impresario Jonathan Palmer, so the fact that he was central to the design of this Jaguar-powered… April 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Brexit report outlines classic car price hike A report by insurance company Hagerty reveals the impact Brexit will have on the classic car market, with extra bureaucracy and paperwork expected to hinder business. One such change is… April 2021 Issue By Simon de Burton
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