By Ben Selby Who can remember The Wind in the Willows? That classic children’s story by Kenneth Grahame has stood the test of time for a number of reasons, one of those being that absurdly wealthy and immensely proud Mr Toad of Toad Hall. Toad was a typical tweed wearing English Toff, except he was an amphibian as you probably …
By Ben Selby The Jaguar C-Type is to be reborn, with the iconic British marque adding the Le Mans winning sports car to its Classic Continuation programme. The C-Type Continuation will be based on the 1953 Le Mans winner of Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt. This received a power boost from an enlarged 3.4-litre straight six with triple Weber carburetors, …
By Ben Selby The year was 1999. A new millennium was just around the corner, George Lucas was on the verge of releasing the first new Star Wars film in 16 years, and Gran Turismo 2 was the greatest racing game franchise on the Sony Playstation. For Gran Turismo 2, over 500 licensed cars were available to race and win …
Over the years, Maserati have churned out some of the most beautiful and sophisticated sports cars ever. You only need look at the stunning Bora, Merak, and the Enzo based MC12, to get the drift. Now the brand which bears Neptune’s Trident has unveiled, with plenty of fanfare, the MC20. The MC20 is set to continue the heritage of the …
When Dr Ferdinand Piech’s Porsche 917 first turned a wheel in anger, the world of sports car racing was never quite the same. Circuits like Spa, Sebring, Daytona, the Nurburgring and of course, Le Mans, cemented the all-conquering 917 as as one of the greatest Porsche racing cars ever. When the 917 was prepped for competition in the “no holds …
