Subscriber Archive The best Ford Escort Mexico available on the planet It’s an indisputable fact that the (now) classic cars we loved as kids are often the ones we want to own as adults, especially if we harbour fond memories of… December 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive Precision Roundup Winter 2023 ROLEX To mark the 60th birthday of its celebrated Cosmograph Daytona driver’s chronograph, Rolex has given the latest versions (Oystersteel, above) a redesigned case, a metal edge around the Cerachrom… December 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive Precision - Winter 2023 RICHARD MILLE A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit Richard Mille at his home in Brittany where, in a series of elegantly converted stables, he keeps one… December 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The playboy’s Ferrari that sold for £2.5m: auction results 1953 Ferrari 166 MM Spider Sold by Gooding & Company, £2.5m This spectacular Ferrari 166 was built for the celebrated Dominican playboy Porfirio Rubirosa (who died in 1965 after crashing… November 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Jaguar XE SV Project 8: the limited edition Nürburgring record-holder With less than two years to go before every new car with a Jaguar badge on its bonnet whispers past in electrically driven silence, perhaps now is a good time… November 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive TAG Heuer’s Carrera watch that celebrates 60 years of the Porsche 911 It has been 12 months since we brought news of TAG Heuer’s 50th birthday gift to the Porsche 2.7 RS in the form of a brace of special Carrera chronographs –… November 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Rarest Koenigsegg of them all sells for £3.3m 2007 Koenigsegg CCGT Sold by Bonhams, £3.3m The cost-of-living crisis clearly hadn’t affected the buyer of this unique Koenigsegg. It was developed between 2003-07 with the aim of taking the… October 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Connaught Type B: Front-wheeled F1 perfection for sale Few motor racing fans don’t love stories about underdogs coming through to victory, and a favourite of many concerns the against-all-odds win achieved by Tony Brooks behind the wheel of… October 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The modern watch with vintage Paul Newman style Reviving defunct marque names and applying them to modern vehicles is quite popular in the automotive world (for example, the now Chinese-owned MG and the French-owned Brough-Superior). But it’s nowhere… October 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Showroom Auction picks: Camel Trophy Land Rover Disco and a Ducati 916 Senna In association with 1997 Land Rover Discovery 300 Tdi Sold by Artcurial, £76,720 The superb condition of this Discovery belied that it was one of the 20 examples built for,… September 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Showroom: BT23C – Jack Brabham’s star F2 car In association with One benefit of buying this twin-winged Brabham BT23C is that you’ll always have somewhere to put your tea – but you’ll also be getting one of the… September 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive MHD Daily Driver Reverse Panda - handsome watch at a reasonable price Since leaving his job as head designer for Morgan in 2012, 40-year-old Matthew Humphries has juggled his life between freelance work, lecturing, finding time to drive the beloved MGB he… September 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton