Archive Porsche Soapbox from Festival of Speed fetches £2600 2003 Porsche Club GB soapbox Sold by Mathewsons, £2600 Long-standing visitors to the Goodwood Festival of Speed will have fond memories of the Soapbox Challenge held from 2000-04, in which… March 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Jim Clark’s race-winning Lotus Cortina goes up for sale Jim Clark might be best remembered as a double Formula 1 world champion but, as was typical during his era, he could turn his hand to any racing discipline –… March 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Gran Turismo-inspired Bulgari watch includes in-game car Just as the car industry has its fair share of ‘rock star’ designers, so does the world of watches – and one of the most admired is the effortlessly stylish… March 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Vertex celebrates 50 years of Caterham 7 with limited-edition watch Don Cochrane hit on an unusual marketing method when he decided to re-establish the historic British watchmaker Vertex a whole century after it was set up in 1916 by his… February 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The V8 Vantage GT2 that returned Aston Martin Racing to serious competition I shan’t forget the first time I clapped eyes on Aston Martin’s V8 Vantage in its 2005 launch year. It was at the Gaydon HQ and I was admiring one… February 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Vauxhall Lotus Carlton price tops £100k 1991 Vauxhall Lotus Carlton Sold by Historics, £111,524 If prices for fast Fords can hit six-figures, why shouldn’t it be the same for (very) fast Vauxhalls? This well-preserved Lotus Carlton… February 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Kork Ballington’s 250cc green giant 1979 Kawasaki KR250 Sold by Bonhams, £92,000 This was the machine on which South Africa’s Kork Ballington clocked up seven wins to help him secure the 1979 250cc world title.… January 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive The V8 tiger: How Sunbeam earned its stripes Always fancied a Shelby Cobra but never fancied the cost of purchasing one? If so, this competition-spec Sunbeam Tiger could offer a more affordable (and, dare we say) more imaginative… January 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Archive Mechanical movement powers ode to Ferrari: Omolagato’s new Classic Timer watches We’ve featured the watches of UK-based Omologato several times since the business was set up eight years ago by Shami Kalra, a car- and motor sport-loving graduate of the London… January 2024 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive Eight orange Aston Martins cross the block 2010 Aston Martin V12 Vantage Sold by Bonhams, £99,500 Some believe the V12 Vantage was the best modern-day Aston – especially, like this one, in manual. The car was still… December 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive The best Ford Escort Mexico available on the planet It’s an indisputable fact that the (now) classic cars we loved as kids are often the ones we want to own as adults, especially if we harbour fond memories of… December 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton
Subscriber Archive Precision Roundup Winter 2023 ROLEX To mark the 60th birthday of its celebrated Cosmograph Daytona driver’s chronograph, Rolex has given the latest versions (Oystersteel, above) a redesigned case, a metal edge around the Cerachrom… December 2023 Issue By Simon de Burton