The Showroom

He may only have stood 5ft 4in tall in his cowboy boots, but few singers were as big on the country and western scene as the honey-voiced Marty Robbins. Best…

1952 Harley Davidson 'Captain America' Sold by Cord & Kruse, £205,310 If the ‘Captain America’ chopper used in Easy Rider isn’t the most famous motorcycle in movie history, what is?…

Cockney comedian Micky Flanagan does a famous skit on whether you’re going ‘out’ of an evening, or whether you’re going ‘out-out’ – the former being a semi-genteel evening partaking in…

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…

Stefan Johansson Mark VIIIG 051 watch Yes, we know we have a page dedicated to wristwear elsewhere in this issue, but few timepieces have quite the direct link to motor…

As some readers may know, the past month has been an interesting one for us at The Market. That’s because the ladies and gentlemen at renowned auction house Bonhams (founded…

“If you drink, don’t drive – don’t even putt,” cracked Rat Packer Dean Martin. In 1979, The Cannonball Run star, whose vanity plate was once ‘DRUNKY’, was the first owner…

When Colin Chapman pulled the covers off his dainty Lotus 7 at the Earl’s Court Motor Show in 1957, we doubt that even in his wildest dreams he’d have imagined…

Motor racing will never be a completely accessible sport, especially in these modern times of high-tech single-make cars populating the junior slopes. But the fact that racing started as, and…

David Johnson art prints In a world where every high street shop from TK Maxx to John Lewis is selling racing-themed mass-produced wall art, it can be difficult to find…

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…

1947 Cisitalia D46 Monoposto Sold by Bonhams, £137,000 Piero Dusio’s Cisitalia D46 was developed as an affordable means of entry to a series of competitions intended to revive single-seater racing…

If you’re old enough to remember Tony Pond powering his MG Metro 6R4 to a heroic third place in the 1985 Lombard RAC, you’re likely a fan of what must…

How do you like your classic Ferraris? If the answer is open-topped with clean lines, zero frills and a stonking Lampredi V12 under the bonnet, then this delightful 340 America…

Mention Morgan cars to your mates and I guarantee that you’ll be met with that most predictable of retorts: “Aren’t they all made of wood? Watch out for termites…” No…

Can-Am enjoyed many colourful descriptions. Terms like ‘brutal’ and ‘fire-breathing’ were thrown around, but the one you may not remember was ‘The Bruce and Denny Show’. It didn’t have the…

Taxi for Senna, Ultimate edition Formula 1 can be a tough old game. A sport that can, quite literally, chew you up and spit you out whenever it takes the…