BMW M1 AT GOODING’S SCOTTSDALE
THERE ARE those who consider the Honda/Acura NSX to be the world’s first practical exotic. But my vote goes to another car introduced more than a decade before the NSX—the … Continue reading
LECO MK 2—MY NON-TOJEIRO RIDE
WHEN ALEX Quattlebaum, Jr., went hunting for an English sports racing car, he struck lucky in a Suffolk farmer’s barn and a car identified as a Tojeiro. By the time … Continue reading
LECo—ENGLISH BACK-GARDEN SPECIALS
THE ENGLISH had a knack for producing racing cars in their proverbial back gardens. To wit, H.F.S. Morgan’s trike (www.wp.me/p2ETap-14b), Delingpole and Lowe’s Dellow (www.wp.me/p2ETap-6B), the Bolster Bros.’ “Bloody Mary” … Continue reading
McLAREN F1
PRESS INTRODUCTIONS of exotic cars are, by their very nature, special events. And, without a doubt, the most exciting one I ever attended was the 1992 introduction of the McLaren … Continue reading
STROTHER’S CAR CULTURE
STROTHER MACMINN taught automotive design at the Art Center College of Design for five decades, with disciples throughout the industry. He was also instrumental in establishing Toyota’s Calty Design Research … Continue reading
BARNATO’S BLUE TRAIN BENTLEY(S)
JOEL WOOLF “Babe” Barnato, British financier, international sportsman, one of the Bentley Boys, heir to South African diamond and gold mining wealth, was dining at the Carleton Hotel in Cannes, … Continue reading
BEETLE BITS
A GOOD number of us have recollections of the original Volkswagen Beetle, and a recent piece in the London Review of Books, September 12, 2013, caught my eye. The article, … Continue reading
VANWALL RACE CARS
ENGLISHMAN TONY Vandervell’s business was producing bearings in Acton, West London, but his passion was international Formula One racing. By 1959, when Tony’s health precluded his running these two activities, … Continue reading
B. BIRA
BIRABONGSE BHANUDEJ Bhanubandh does not fall trippingly on the tongue. Hence, auto racing commentators of the mid-1930s through mid-1950s were likely relieved with his sobriquet of B. Bira on the … Continue reading
SEDUCING SPEED
“PORSCHE BY Design: Seducing Speed” is taking place right now, until January 20, 2014, at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, North Carolina. See http://goo.gl/1oYXkw for a glimpse … Continue reading
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