The Showroom

● The distinctive air feed snorkels of the Lotus 47GT, mark this as the ex-John Miles/Jackie Oliver 1967 lotus components works car which was driven to class victory in the…

Italian racing cars from the 1950s don’t come much more ‘quintessential’ than this spectacular Maserati A6GCS/53, one of the 48 Spider variants of the model built between 1953 and 1955. …

Classic Porsche 911s are so ubiquitous that anyone who wants one is spoiled for choice. But occasionally a 911 appears that is hen’s-teeth rare in terms of spec, history and…

2017 Force India VJM10 Sold by Bonhams, £80,500 This positively pink Force India F1 car achieved eight points-scoring finishes out of nine races in 2017. Driven by Frenchman Esteban Ocon,…

Remember maps? If you weren’t born till the ‘90s, imagine printing out your satnav. The rest of us can recall wrestling with large sheets of paper that refused to return…

Gruppe See Porsche posters Remember the time when Le Mans prototypes were uncluttered, relatively mechanically simple and privateers could actually win with them against the works cars? We sure do,…

Who out there doesn’t have a car model or two (or 40) on a shelf? Today’s specialist makers can offer a miniature of any car, no matter how rare –…

1962 Brabham-Climax BT3 Sold by Bonhams, £325,000 A fabulous piece of history, this was the first Formula 1 car to carry Jack Brabham’s name and was also the first Brabham…

TVR’s ‘wedge’ models seem to have fallen into a black hole between the M series cars they replaced and the S series that followed. Designer Oliver Winterbottom’s attempt to make…

● Looking for a motor with stellar credentials? A 1950 Jaguar XK120 alloy roadster, above, on sale at LEGENDS in Bicester, £POA, was formerly owned by 9½ Weeks film producer…

If you were setting out to design a race car during the early 1950s it probably wouldn’t have looked like this – but the six-seat Hudson Hornet proved to have…

Ayrton Senna full-size replica helmet With Ayrton Senna, the memorabilia and merchandising bandwagon is a strong as it’s ever been, but few fans of the Brazilian can claim to possess…

• Already home to Porsche and MG showrooms, Piccadilly in London will soon have a new automotive neighbour. This autumn Lotus Mayfair, above, will arrive, a new ‘global store’ across…

If you’re after an historic endurance racer, it’s probably a wise idea to buy one from someone who knows what they’re like to live with – someone like 2004 LMP2…

Regular versions of some cars in comparable condition tend to be worth roughly the same – but a touch of star quality can lend a ‘halo effect’. And never was…

1976 Porsche 911 Carrera rally car Sold by Bonhams, £207,000 Low mileage; never raced or rallied? Not this 911, which boasts the distinction of having covered more race miles than…

Cinema posters were not printed in huge quantities, and if not binned when showings were over were returned to the distribution centre for credit, so a limited number of originals…