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How quickly empires can fall and dynasties wither. Within living memory the Rootes Group, once one of the key players in the UK’s booming motor industry, was producing a range of sports saloons that w

Porsche, or rather the factory team, had stayed away from the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1984. A late change in the rules resulted in the withdrawal of its Rothmans-sponsored 956s from the big one in June. Y

Patrese had jumped out of his V8 Juddpowered Formula 1 Williams after first qualifying on the Friday afternoon of the 1988 Italian Grand Prix and straight into a mount that wasn’t perhaps quite as dif

European and UK manufacturers ranging from Iso to De Tomaso and from Jensen to Sunbeam saw an easy route to performance by fitting big American V8 engines into their relatively light sports car chassi

The exquisitely detailed 1927 Rolls-Royce ‘Phantom of Love’ captured Best in Show at the Concours of Elegance, held at Hampton Court Palace from 5-7 September. Commissioned by Woolworth’s financial di

In 2025 a Mercedes-powered Formula 1 car rules the roost, and 70 years ago it was a similar story. Mercedes made its grand prix supremacy official when Juan Manuel Fangio secured the 1955 world title