Books

Gordon Murray never meant his F1 to race, but when pressure was applied by two eager racing customers, he had a perfect basis. From the fabulous three-seater F1, his team…

William Wallace, Morrison shelters, Yehudi Menuhin, and UKIP. Such is the breadth of references Richard Williams brings to his Stirling Moss story, a difficult subject to tackle such a short…

Like so many once innocent pastimes, collecting brochures about cars has slipped into a specialist groove. Once, every schoolboy was desperate to go to a car show and fill a…

Have you noticed on Zoom interviews how often the background is a wall of books? Despite Kindle and its fellows there’s nothing like picking up a real book and flicking…

For contextual reasons, a little background is perhaps required before we examine the latest book from one of America’s foremost motor racing analysts, and occasional Motor Sport contributor John Oreovicz.…

I've bought and sold books for years and I never get tired of the thrill of the chase for that rare or special edition. The thought of walking into a…

It wouldn't have been as snappy, but this could just as easily have been titled Mr Inexplicably Never a Grand Prix Driver. When you reflect upon Tom Kristensen’s junior career…

Whether the 300SL is ‘the car of the century’ is debatable – where do Mini, VW Beetle, or Model T stand? – but it does have a very special place.…

Two movements have been clear recently in the car book publishing world – the rise of self-published works, thanks to the availability of digital publishing programs, and the increasing market…

George Monkhouse, Louis Klementaski, Bernard Cahier, Geoffrey Goddard, Michael Cooper… Motor racing was covered by some very fine photographers in times gone by – and there were others of equal…

Lucky Graham Robson — he had an RS200 as his daily driver during the years he was involved in the project. In fact he saw all stages of the chunky…

In recent years there has been a pleasing trend for authors to pay tribute to bygone stars whose names meant a great deal within the motor sport firmament, and yet…

It chimed with the times and came across as the coolest of David versus Goliath victories – petite four-square Minis seeing off rival makes’ uncool, staid saloons. The Mini’s successes…

Nowadays every press release we receive insists that the firm concerned wants to be ‘disruptive’. It’s the standard cliché for every slightly different idea being promoted. Audi, though, genuinely merited…

Dad – a Vintage Sports-Car Club regular in our everyday chain-drive Frazer Nash – was my first motorsporting hero. My second was a square-jawed multiple Formula 1 world champion called…

There are no white lines or barriers, crowds watch from behind roadside bushes and the mountains behind provide a majestic backdrop. You can almost feel the warm sun on your…

Fourteen years in the making, the two-volume Maserati: The Family Silver by Nigel Trow is the ultimate company history by one of the world’s finest automotive writers. Through his friendship…