Something is not right. Racing cars are meant to be more difficult to drive than road cars; extra power and performance but less harnessed, so trickier to access and control than with the engineering

IN MY JOB as a freelance photographer, I’d been on the 2012 press launch of the L405 Range Rover in Morocco, where ‘Mr Land Rover’, Roger Crathorne, had brought over a couple of original 1970 Velar pr

The very first Aston Martin, built in 1914, just months before the start of the First World War. Development of the car slowed for obvious reasons, yet that didn’t stop Lionel Martin driving it to Wil

For Jethro Harris, his Aston Martin Vantage V8 coupé is a dream come true, albeit one tinged with sadness. “I’ve always loved the model,” he says, “but unfortunately mine was an inheritance purchase.

SOLD BY ARTCURIAL, £3.7M This Gullwing drew triple the usual price for two reasons – firstly, it was original and unrestored; secondly, it had a remarkable story. Bought new by Frenchman Claude Foussi

The year is 1965 and 33-year-old French screen star Jean-Paul Belmondo is cruising the streets of Paris in his freshly acquired Ferrari 275 GTB with his girlfriend Ursula Andress in the passenger seat