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

MOTOR SPORT 2026 DIARY Digital diaries on your smartphone or laptop are all very well, but there’s nothing like a good old-fashioned analogue paper version to count down the days. Ours is A5 size, com

1. This paperweight was the event memento from the 25th anniversary SVRA race meeting commemorating the silver anniversary of the Ford GT40. The event – featuring a one-hour GT40 enduro – was at Watki

In a parallel universe, this book might have been called MG Maestro 6R4. As John Davenport, the former Director of Motorsport for British Leyland, mentions in his foreword, the Maestro was a more prom

The situation looks chaotic in this mid-Eighties dash for the Channel – but there are plenty of vehicles to keep classic car-spotters occupied

At the start of 2025 we previewed the Mecum’s sale of the celebrated Essex Wire Shelby Cobra that the auction house described as “arguably the winningest Cobra of them all”. In the event, bidding stal