Inherited gems, lovingly restored autos, and first cars: Drive Tastefully explores the intimate relationship between cars and their owners. The connection between an automobile and its proprietor is a special one. And it is made even more so as new technology makes transportation increasingly impersonal. Drive Tastefully delves into this ......
Back in the late 1960s, the commercial pace of motor racing was increasing. More major sponsors appeared on the F1 scene including tobacco giant Marlboro and Yardley cosmetics, and this interest had developed into a veritable flood by the time Team Lotus changed its Gold Leaf livery to the black and gold of the John Player Special cigarette ......
The first decade of the new millennium was a tale of two halves.
Michael Schumacher and Ferrari totally dominated the first half, in a display of superiority that eclipsed all previous records.
The combination of the prancing horse and the cold, calm, calculated and formidably talented German proved decisive but ......
In 1968, exactly 50 years ago, Porsche won the Monte Carlo Rally for the first time.
That is more than enough reason to take a look back at the Porsche cars that have taken part in the most famous rally in the world.
The very first Porsche team entered the rally in 1952. However, in the overall classification the ......
Just as Gumball 3000 is much more than a car rally, 20 Years on the Road is much more than a car book. A best-of compilation of the glitzy and famed international event from the past two decades, this volume is as effervescent and exciting as the road trip itself. "Gumball is about challenging tradition and taking a non-conventional approach to ......
The history of hot rodding and performance cars has been well chronicled through the years. Books and magazines have covered the cars, builders, pioneers, engineers, early racers, muscle cars, street racers, etc.. Most take a nostalgic and fun look at the cars that many have loved their entire lives. Some even cover the lifestyle, the hobby as ......
Asked to sum up the Ford Escort, Markku Alén put it in fourwords: "Its a winners car." The front-engined, rear-wheel drive car triumphed all around the world, whether it was at the 1970 World Cup Rally, the East African Safari, in Swedish snow or on Finlands high-speed tracks. At its home event, the RAC Rally, the Mk1 and Mk2 versions proved ......
Founded by John Heath and George Abecassis, the HWM racing team set out in 1950, the year of the Formula 1 World Championship’s inauguration, to race its Formula 2 cars all over Europe in a unique British endeavour. Always run on a shoestring, HWM’s single-seaters achieved great results in flying the flag with mainly British drivers, most ......
• 120-minute feature programme produced by Formula One Management
+ 30 minutes of extras
• Commentary from Martin Brundle and David Croft
• Stereo sound
The new-look F1 Season Review delivers all the action and drama in an exciting new format. Commentators Martin Brundle and ......
From 1915 through the early 1920s, American auto racing experienced rapid and exciting change. Competition by European vehicles forced American car manufacturers to incorporate new features, resulting in legendary engineering triumphs (and, essentially, works of art). Some of the greatest drivers in racing history were active during this ......
For the first time Giorgio Piolas customary book summarising the technical aspects of F1 covers two complete seasons.
The two championships are analysed by the historic draughtsman in his usual painstaking detail. 2016 and 2017, two years in which the World Championship continued to draw on hybrid power with Mercedes ruling the ......
THE 1989 Tooheys 1000 at Mount Panorama, Bathurst was one of the most memorable days in the careers of Ford heroes Dick Johnson and John Bowe, who swept to an all-the-way victory in their turbo Shell Ford Sierra.
The win was Johnson’s second Bathurst 1000 win though his first over the full 1000-kilometre distance given his win in ......
Go behind the scenes to explore the history, racing, celebrity fans, and after hours of racings most glamorous and prestigious round in the F1 championship with The Life Monaco Grand Prix.
Monaco sponsored its first race in 1929 and the circuit has been part of the Formula 1 series since 1950. Conducted with the patronage of ......
Until the 1970s, four-wheel drive was almost exclusively found on utility vehicles like the Land Rover and the Jeep. And almost nobody considered four-wheel drive, especially full-time four-wheel drive as a major safety feature to be built into any type of car. That is, unless you were tractor millionaire Harry Ferguson or former racing driver ......
From the early pioneers at the races beginnings through to the high-watermark of the 1960s when the Formula 1 invasion of Brabham, Gurney Clark, Hill and Stewart transformed the race from a largely United States event to capture a worldwide audience. Their success was a two-way street and Indy car drivers were tempted to compete in Formula 1 ......
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