The Thinking Behind Cars
The Austin-Healey Sprite was proof that you don’t have to have the most powerful sports car to enjoy open-top driving. It was an embodiment of a classic British motoring idea: to offer the joy of driving without too much expense. Introduced to the public during …
The Cadillac Eldorado was a personal luxury car manufactured and marketed by Cadillac from 1953 to 2002 over ten generations. It was at or near the top of the Cadillac line during its lifetime. The 1959 Cadillac Eldorado was the sixth generation of the Eldorado …
The BMC Mini: What could be more British? Strewn with Union Jacks, built in Birmingham, the icon of the Sixties…except that the Mini’s designer was a Greek immigrant from Smyrna named Alec Issigonis. He had also designed that most British of cars, the 1948 Morris …
Jaguar’s racing D-Type was the nearest thing to a Second World War fighter plane for the road, featuring aluminium monocoque construction, a tubular steel framework to hold the engine, and even an aviation bag fuel tank. Plus that unique tail fin! The 1950s Jaguar D …
The Maserati Birdcage, also known as the Maserati Tipo 60/61, was a series of sports racing cars that were produced between 1959 and 1961. Sir Stirling Moss said the Birdcage was “…the finest front-engined sports-racing car ever built” Bonhams and the lightweight Maserati Birdcage – …