Motoring Memory Lane: Remembering the revered Allard cars
For decades Britain was arguably the birthplace and spiritual home of the two-seater sports car.
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Motoring Memory Lane: Lea Francis
Few people outside car enthusiast circles would today would know much about, or show much appreciation for, Lea Francis, although for many years it was a significant UK car maker. But like so many other manufacturers, fate was not always on its side….
Looking back at Rover
If there is one name that has scaled the heights and plumbed the depths of post-war car-making in Britain, it is Rover. However, like so many other great marques of the past, it was sucked into British Leyland and, along with countless others, is no more. One can say it was a quirk of history that made it the longest-surviving name (bar Mini) in the BL portfolio. Of course, the Land Rover name lives on.
Driving down motoring memory lane with Edsel
In the annals of car-making, Edsel holds a unique place. It was no little operation started in a backstreet workshop by two underfunded petrolheads.
Motoring Memory Lane – Sunbeam
For decades the Rootes Group had four marques in its portfolio—Humber, Hillman, Singer and Sunbeam—but all gradually disappeared once Chrysler acquired Rootes in the mid-1960s.
Perthshire Classic Car Show
For classic car fans, Perth and Scone Palace are THE places to be today. Why? Because 150 classic cars, from Model T Fords to Bugatti Veyrons, are on parade from Scone to Tay Street and back—all in the aid of charity.
A trip down motoring’s memory lane
Although today Bond is usually linked to James, of 007 fame, for years Bonds and Reliants enjoyed a special niche in the UK car market.
Back to the Future for DeLorean
Most classic cars tend to have long and glorious histories, even if the grim reaper of the car world eventually seals their fate.
The last of the V8 Interceptors
Few fathers tend to name their sons after motor cars, but it does happen.
Motoring Memory Lane: Superior cars are rarest of the rare
George Brough, pronounced Bruff, made his repute by producing Brough Superiors, “the Rolls Royce of motorbikes”, from 1920 to the late 1930s. Lawrence of Arabia was so smitten with them that he bought eight. When he died in May 1935, serving under the alias Aircraftman Shaw in the RAF, he was riding bike number seven.