Iconic cars and bikes will be on display every month at Silverstone as part of an exciting new classic car and bike event. The machines will be showcased at the new regular Silverstone Museum Classic Car and Bike Meet, a “motoring must on the calendar” for car and bike enthusiasts.

The Jaguar S-Type R (for ‘really quite entertaining’) took an aggressively OK car and gave it the kind of teeth company founder Sir William Lyons would be proud of. Fitted with a glorious 4.2-litre supercharged V8 producing a sniff over 400bhp, you ended up with serious performance in a rather unassuming shell.

This is a straight-line contest between V8s born in different places.

‘MDU 420’ was specified by the actor to include wire wheels and bonnet louvres.

A 1952 Jaguar XK120 Roadster owned by legendary Hollywood actor Clark Gable is heading to auction.

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Here is a fascinating little video of a tyre rotating – from inside the tyre! It demonstrates very well the stresses in the rubber, and is a good visual explanation of why tyres get hot – all that flexing going on with every revolution. For best grip one wants the lowest pressure possibly without over-heating the tyre – though this does increase wear and rolling resistance – and thus mpg.

Gif: Warped Perception

JIM Clark’s former Jaguar D-Type racing car took pride of place after arriving at the Jim Clark Motorsport Museum yesterday, Wednesday March 2023.

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With car values now measured in millions for cars with strong provenances, D-types are still raced, albeit sparingly, in prominent historic races across the world. Notably, Goodwood and the Le Mans Classic are high on the agenda for racing owners, while the Woodcote Trophy series from Motor Racing Legends is another platform for these exquisite sports-racers. 

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A rare 1960 Facel Vega HK500 that has spent almost 50 years tucked away in a garage is being auctioned later this month.

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Anyone who works in the car business will tell you that, thankfully, the industry is full of petrolheads. It always has been and it still is.

One week ago, a 1987 Ford Sierra smashed records by selling for a staggering £596,250 at auction.

Granted this was no normal Ford family car. The motor in question was one of 500 limited-edition Sierra RS500 Cosworths, which have fast become one of the most collectible vehicles from the eighties era.