Obituaries

The son of a railway engineer, the recently departed Paul Grist combined an acting career with a love of vintage cars before he started a top restoration firm. Across 87 years his varied life included

MICHAEL TURNER, WHO died last year on 1 December, aged 91, was a towering figure in motorsport and aviation art. He spent his early years in Harrow and was obsessed with all things aeronautical, exten

Martin Brundle, Derek Warwick and David Brabham all pick out the 3.5-litre V8 Jaguar XJR-14 among the finest racing cars they ever drove. Ross Brawn’s design for Tom Walkinshaw Racing ‘only’ won three

One movie car that made a lasting impression on a whole generation was Walt Disney’s ‘Herbie’, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own. The film proved such a hit that it resulted in several sequ

STAR CLASS at the 2026 London Concours is expected to be Porsche Sonderwunsch (‘Special Request’), assembling ten cars from Porsche’s personalisation programme. Having originated in the ’70s, it allow

The excellent article on Leyton House F1 [The team that fired Adrian Newey, March] brought back memories. I was their insurance broker at the time along with many other F1 teams and their principals.