Evolution vs revolution
Andrew Frankel asks whether evolution or revolution is best when it comes to road cars Being staunchly traditional and instinctively cynical, I tend to approach each new technological development with what…
On Wednesday November 2 at the Royal Automobile Club Gordon Murray Design and Mr Hugo Spowers were respectively awarded the prestigious Dewar Trophy and Simms Medal. The former’s iStream chassis concept,…
The latest addition to the Track Torque audio archive: John Cooper Charles Cooper and his son John made motor racing history. From humble beginnings at their workshop in Surbiton they…
The second stop on Ed Foster's car dealership road trip, to renowned dealer Tom Hartley There is absolutely nothing normal about Tom Hartley. Many of you will know the car dealer,…
Will Hunt of classic car specialist Graeme Hunt Ltd. examines whether auction prices are a guide for wider classic car market. Auction records have a habit of being broken. It’s the…
The finished article – Mark Webber's tour of London in the Porsche 919 Mark Webber drove a Porsche 919 on the streets of London one early morning in September for a promotional…
Ed Foster journeys north to visit restoration and sales business Cheshire Classic Cars. The rapidly expanding enterprise is owned and run by Iain Tyrrell who started life working on Rolls…
The rumoured Apple takeover of McLaren – and why Andrew Frankel hopes it doesn't happen. Is Apple about to take over McLaren? And, if so, what are the ramifications for its…
I thought it was over, that the upward spiral in classic car prices in general and Porsches in particular had peaked and even eased off a little. But recently I’ve…
The UK’s biggest classic car show, the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show, will shine the spotlight on the ‘Heroes and Heroines’ of motoring for its 2016 edition, held on November…
Why do they make it so difficult? Before you can settle into those large deep chairs, and appreciate the most panoramic view ever afforded by a closed Bentley, you have…
My life with the few old and unimportant cars I own is a perpetual quest to improve them. Oddly but in the overwhelming majority of cases this involves returning them…
The final instalment of Fergus Walkinshaw's two-day restoration of a first-generation Range Rover at the Silverstone Classic. Using only parts surced on eBay, he and his team fully renovated the Range Rover in…
Classic car fans got the chance to watch Fergus Walkinshaw, son of Tom, and his team of restorers revive a 1983 Range Rover as part of Restoration Live at last weekend's…
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Just over a quarter of a century ago a Japanese company with no record in the field produced a supercar that changed its world. Honda called it the New Sports…
What was the single most telling revelation behind yesterday’s unveiling of Aston Martin’s new AM-RB 001 hypercar, a car that if it proves to be as described, will rewrite the…