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I have just returned from the Amelia Island Concours, having thoroughly enjoyed the event. It was my first time at this famous Florida gathering, which has now been going 24 years. One of the good things about this concours is...

It’s an uncomfortable truth, but the springboard to Juan Manuel Fangio’s five World Championships was provided by an army general-turned-President who welcomed Nazi war criminals into his country and oppressed political opponents with intimidation and violence. That iron-fisted ruler was...

The Bentley Boys are remembered as the brave free spirits of a golden age, but in all the hero-worship it is too easy to overlook the important role played by a heroine. An unlikely heroine, it’s true – notoriously rude...

Stories of great competition cars are really about so much more besides. Great cars result from great ideas and ambitions, dedication and teamwork, rivalries and setbacks, stubbornness and bounce-backs, and great drivers too.  That’s why every one of the 12...

  After a career spanning thirty years in the car industry - starting out at Ford - and encompassing Mazda, Porsche GB sales and then consulting for the likes of Rolls-Royce, Lotus, McLaren, Lexus, Toyota and GM, Steve has come full...

With huge power, light weight, and magnificently slippery bodywork, Porsche’s 917 was feared equally by those who raced against it and those who had to drive it. The 917 became the first car to reach - and greatly exceed -...

He was fired by Enzo Ferrari for his role in a failed ‘Palace Revolt’, fought back by trying to out-do Ferraris on road and track, briefly produced cars under his own name before being swindled into bankruptcy, and ended his...

A few Sundays from now, historic racing cars will rumble through the streets of a town in Surrey to celebrate a local man whose little privateer team defeated Formula 1’s big-hitters. The event will commemorate the centenary of Rob Walker,...

Although famous today for powerful good looks, Aston Martin came into the world as an ugly duckling. Aston’s first car was known, because of the unattractive metal container it resembled, as the Coal Scuttle. But that name didn’t much bother...

You must go the extra mile to make your material fresh and new, and not just repeat a well-known story If you want to earn respect from your readers and your colleagues, and have more satisfaction yourself, then you need...

Yes. Read on! The following is an insight into how author and motor sport enthusiast, Philip Porter, transformed his love of old cars not only into a successful publishing company but also two classic car clubs. Porter Press International is...