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What was the Swallow Doretti? The key players were sports car fan Dorothy Deen – so surnamed after a shortlived marriage to L Howard Deen – and her father, Arthur Andersen. Arthur was an engineer who

Exactly two years ago we previewed the Bonhams sale of a Mercedes-Benz 190 E 2.3-16 that Niki Lauda drove to second place in the 1984 Nürburgring Race of Champions organised by the marque to celebrate

I have always been a sports-car enthusiast. When I was young, I had subscriptions to Road & Track and Hot Rod, I knew who Carroll Shelby was and I followed the exploits of Phil Hill, John Surtees and

Apart from dalliances with V8s (and begging an exception for a currently owned Ford twin-turbo V6), I’ve always had a preference for small road cars with simple engines. So why I should be seized by a

The concours world exists in a strange parallel universe. Participants often spend huge amounts of money on buying and restoring a classic, only to watch on while a bunch of strangers wearing white Pa

Anyone scanning the entry list for the Endurance Racing Legends grid at this year’s Le Mans Classic would have noted the presence of famous marques such as Audi and Bentley, plus the usual GT contende