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19/12/2025

How do you get into trialling? Simple — joining the VSCC would be a good start, chat to a member of the club, sign up for a free RS Clubman licence. You don’t need a Vintage car or even to be a member, though joining the VSCC gives you access to all their events and makes getting involved a lot easier.

In the latest issue of The Automobile:Alfa’s first Le Mans carSimon Moore remembers the late Angela Cherrett and her pri...
12/12/2025

In the latest issue of The Automobile:

Alfa’s first Le Mans car

Simon Moore remembers the late Angela Cherrett and her prized collection of Alfa Romeos,
which includes the very first example of the marque to compete in the French 24-hour race

All roads lead to Brighton

Zack Stiling hitches a ride on a 1903 Panhard to report on another fascinating Veteran Car
Run

Scholl master

For the first time in English, Dietrich Conrad explores the life and career of a pioneering
German racer, using previously unpublished photographs from his own albums

The wild Rover

An 80mph four-seater sports saloon with up-to-date styling, the Speed 14 Streamline Coupé
was the pinnacle of Rover’s 1930s range. Scott Barrett drives a rare survivor

The first Allegro

Giles Chapman looks at a Ford concept car which vanished without trace

Triumph of the 12

Enzo Ferrari tried a supercharged V12 but came up short in Formula One. Aurelio Lampredi
convinced him to ditch the compressor for a bigger engine. It did the job, says Karl Ludvigsen

The Jolly Woodman

A motoring memoir from the 1960s, by John Minnis

Back on the Road

This 1955 Lotus Mk VI started out with BMW 328 power, and was actively campaigned
throughout the 1950s and ’60s. It’s just emerged after a restoration which has been ongoing for 50 years

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11/12/2025

Fred Harper's supercharged Miller 91 at the Vintage Sports-Car Club Mallory Park race meeting

05/12/2025

1913/18 Vauxhall A/D-type Viper Special with its 11,778cc Hispano-Suiza HS-8 V8 aero engine at the Vintage Sports-Car Club's Pomeroy Trophy

04/12/2025

The GN “Spider”, built in 1924 by Basil Davenport, is a century-old hill-climb special that once held the Shelsley Walsh record and remains active on the VSCC hills today, driven by Jim Edwards.

28/11/2025

120-year-old Land Speed Record engineering. Built in 1905, capable of more than 120mph — the 200hp Darracq, captured at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.

27/11/2025

Austin Seven Chummy on the VSCC Lakeland Trial, driven by young but seasoned triallist Will Marsh.
A long-standing branch of motorsport, trialling sees drivers tackle slippery, uneven hills to see how far they can climb before coming to a halt — throttle control, line choice and the skill of the 'bouncer' all play a vital part.

21/11/2025

Chrysler 75 competing in the Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Lakeland Trial, finishing third in class.
Trialling is a form of motorsport where drivers tackle steep, muddy hills to test their car’s grip and balance. The challenge is to climb as far as possible without stopping or sliding back.

20/11/2025

Austin Seven Ulster on the Vintage Sports-Car Club’s Lakeland Trial, with one of the best ascents of the day on a very tricky hill — made it look easy!
Trialling is a classic test of car and driver, taking on muddy gradients and rough ground. Success depends on smooth driving, a steady throttle and just the right amount of grip.

14/11/2025

Chrysler 60 trialling with the Vintage Sports-Car Club at the Lakeland Trial, en route to a Third Class award.
Trialling is a form of motorsport where drivers test their cars’ skill and traction on steep, muddy and uneven hills. The aim is to climb as far as possible without stopping or losing control.

In the latest issue of The Automobile:Purple HazeA Series IV Vantage is probably the best DB4 this side of a GT, says Ma...
13/11/2025

In the latest issue of The Automobile:

Purple Haze

A Series IV Vantage is probably the best DB4 this side of a GT, says Martin Buckley, and
even better when it’s in a unique period-perfect colour scheme

The Other Half

Lord Selsdon is best-remembered as Luigi Chinetti’s co-driver during the 1949 Le Mans. His career was much richer and more varied than that, says Graham Gauld, as he explores the family’s archive

The Origin

Inspired by recently-discovered photographs from the Science Museum archive, Andrew
Feaver tells the untold story of Henry Royce’s 1904 10hp prototype

Utilitarian Standard

The Standard Motor Company built a handful of woodie estates on the Eight chassis in the
early postwar era, but only one is known to survive. Zack Stiling has been to see it

The Belgian Rolls-Royce?

Excelsior once proclaimed its ambition to produce ‘a car better than any other’. Nick
Jonckheere considers its many competition successes, and wonders how close it came to
fulfilling its aim

100 Years of Speed

Malcolm Campbell’s first Blue Bird car returned recently to the scene of its 1925 Land Speed
Record. Peter Stevens considers the car’s history and rebirth

The Photo Detective

In the first of an occasional series, photograph collector Ariejan Bos delves into his archive to
reveal some of the rarest and most uncommon cars he has encountered. This time he looks at
an unusual German car which, for a brief period, was assembled in England

Back on the Road

We report on the restoration of a 1938 Packard Super Eight Touring Sedan which was hiding
a multitude of sins

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