The automotive alchemist

‘MY FIRST MEMORABLE CAR EXPERIENCE, at three years old, was falling out of a 1920s 3 Litre Bentley belonging to my godfather, which sounds quite posh. The door opened and I ended up on the road. But y

TIM CONSIDINE, David Bull Publishing, £225, ISBN 978 0 999395 31 8 ‘You’re going to need a stronger bookshelf ’ wrote Glen Waddington, reviewing the first three volumes of this series in Octane 197. T

Coombs & Son (Guildford) Ltd was among the very first Jaguar dealers, taking on the franchise in 1936 alongside a well-established Rover distributorship. The business had its origins in 19th-century w

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Three big hardback volumes in a slipcase, comprising 1960 pages and 665,000 words, illustrated by 3584 photographs, technical drawings and cutaways. Cripes. This is a proper monster. Power Unleashed r

Much like a 19-year-old Bob Dylan arriving in New York brimming with talent and potential, Gordon Murray landed in England as a 23-year-old with little more than uncanny ability and burning ambition.