The Showroom

There are no prizes in motor sport for resting on laurels which is why, three years after its celebrated 1-2 Le Mans performance with the 3-litre DBR1s in 1959, Aston…

It was more or less by chance that the late John Crosslé ended up being one of the world’s most successful specialist racing car manufacturers. Although a champion grass-track rider,…

1961 Cooper Zerex Oldsmobile ‘Transformer’ Sold by Bonhams, £911,000 As readers will know from our coverage of the historic car last month, this was originally campaigned by Roger Penske in…

Ford’s uncharacteristically late arrival to the Group B rallying party meant its built-for-the-job RS200 never really had a chance to shine. Homologated on January 30, 1986, the RS200 debuted in…

Accessorise! Proud car owners have always attempted to personalise their machine with add-ons, useful or otherwise, and it goes much further back than today’s underbody light sets: in Edwardian years…

August and September are a funny time of the motor racing year. Events come thick and fast as everybody tries to make the most of the summer before things tend…

Signature Store director Andrew Francis shares his investment tips When it comes to slot cars, there’s no brand as big as Scalextric, and that’s created an interesting niche in the…

Lotus 72D 1:8 Model When it comes to beautiful scale model kits, Pocher is one of the top names out there. The company has been recreating some of the world’s…

Imagine being a fan of 1970s GT racing and opening up a shipping container only to discover that it contained not one, but two Ford Capri RS2600s in the exact…

Fiat’s diminutive, mid-engined X1/9s of the 1970s and ’80s were once a familiar sight on UK roads – until the combination of Italian tinwork and British road salt killed most…

• Last spotted at the Weston-super-Mare Speed Trials in 1973 and kept away from the public gaze since, BRM P139-01, above, was raced in six F1 GPs in 1969. Its…

Followers of the classic car auction scene might recall 2007’s £7m sale of 60 cars owned by Gene Ponder, a Texan enthusiast who made his fortune as a manufacturer of…

1952 MG TD Supercharged Sold by SWVA, £11,500 This eye-catching MG TD was consigned for sale by its owner of 52 years who originally acquired it to compete in events…

You’ve bought an old car and inevitably you need tools to keep it going. Maybe it has imperial fittings, so most new equipment available won’t fit and you find yourself…

Sponsored content  At some point during the 1972 British Grand Prix weekend, the Team Lotus mechanics modified the oil cooler at the rear of Emerson Fittipaldi’s Type 72. It can’t…

McLaren MP4/4 1:18 Model by Amalgam New for 1988’s Formula 1 season, the record-breaking McLaren MP4/4 wiped the floor with the competition, winning all but one race either at the…

The worlds of motor racing and horology have been linked for over a century with a host of brands constantly bringing out special editions with ties to the sport. It’s…