"The names 'Benz' and 'Daimler' rightly enjoy a place in the pantheon of great automotive designers and engineers. But there's another name that is equally deserving of such recognition yet is less well known than it should be. That name "
" Opulence is an ancient way of life for some people. Royalty, nobles, Russian oligarchs, presidents and, yes, even dictators have asserted their right to lavishness for donkey's years. The convention has filtered down to present-day life, but extravagance has "
"The limo scene is not something I’ve ever known much about, to be honest. Yes, we’ve all seen the stretched Lincoln town cars and super stretched Hummers on a Saturday night with assorted limbs of hen do participants "
"It’s 1976. ABBA, Elton John and Queen are riding high in the charts, the Queen opens Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre, and when kids weren’t riding their Raleigh Choppers up and down the streets of Britain, they were glued "
"The Lamborghini Miura is almost a ghostly presence in the motoring world. Vanishingly rare, closer to VE Day than it is to us, it was the first, true, modern supercar. The first mid-engined car designed for road, not for race. "
"Visiting JHW classics got us thinking. Jane has an amazing collection of cars - including a very special GT40 replica - the GTD 40. It's a replica which makes all the right noises, has all the right parts, and looks exactly "
"Back in the 1990s, I was quite small and absolutely, totally obsessed with cars. My family and I went away on a summer holiday one year to the New Forest, a beautiful part of the UK, and we set up "
"“I do have a type….it’s rare and quirky….that’s it,” says Jane Weitzmann, owner and curator of JHW Classics. She’s absolutely right, because there’s no other way of pigeon-holing the elegant owner of a vehicle "
"Since I was a child I’ve always loved the idea of being a driver. I recently received an invitation from Peugeot to test the new 308 GTi at Ascari Circuit, which was appealing enough, but spotted that it also included "
"Belgium’s Spa-Francorchamps circuit is among the most revered in the world and has been since it hosted its first race in 1921. The modern 7.004-kilometre track of today sits in the shadow of the 14-15km (depending on the year) "
"Steve McQueen blurred the lines between acting and racing as efficiently as he blurred the photographs of keen fans trying to capture him at over 200mph. Of course, he was not the only one. Actors often have a stab at "
"The quality of Andrew Kitson’s art is not up for discussion. The man creates absolute masterpieces. Paintings that are awash with colour and life. With every stroke of his brush, they evoke memories - and not only for the "
"The early nineties were actually something of a high point for fans of Nissan. Quite apart from the fact that expanding production at Nissan’s Sunderland plant meant that you could buy one and remain patriotic, the decade of Britpop "