The language of loveliness

The irony of our final approach to Leonardo Fioravanti’s lofty residence, perched high in the hills above Turin, is not lost on me. After emerging unscathed from a high-speed, near-1300km journey from

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

ONE OF THE problems that car designers have when visiting a motor show is talking to other designers. Not about the weather but about each other’s work. Former students in senior positions at well-kno

‘It’s like a fine piece of furniture,’ said Lee Anderson Sr as his 1924 8.0-litre Hispano-Suiza H6C ‘Type Sport’ was voted Best of Show at the 2025 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. ‘When we get it ho

Beneath the roundels and sponsor stickers of Robert Pulleyn’s 308GTB racer, there actually exists a road-registered Ferrari. It looks completely at home parked here at the top of Harewood’s atmospheri

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