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10/07/2026

Is there a better motorsport grid in the world?
Hudson Super Six – 1917
KRIT 100hp – 1911
Mercedes 120hp – 1907
Lining up for the S F Edge Trophy at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting.

09/07/2026

Cooper 500cc JAP-engined Formula Three car at the Wiscombe Park hillclimb with the 500 Owners' Association. It’s always a pleasure to see these early F3 cars in action.

03/07/2026

1917 Hudson Super Six cold start on the crank handle before the S F Edge Trophy at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting.
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02/07/2026

“Initially, the idea was just to do a few sprints to get experience, and then go club racing…”

Driver and team patron Graham Warner’s life behind the wheel is one of the fascinating stories in our latest issue. We are currently offering 25% off our usual subscription prices for a limited period – visit our website and use the code SAVE25

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26/06/2026

The 1907 Mercedes 120hp at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting.
A lap time of 1min 57sec in qualifying was enough to secure third place on the grid for the S F Edge Trophy.

25/06/2026

“It had taken just 1hr 50min to get from Westminster Bridge to Brighton – a time that would get you disqualified today” – in our latest issue, we go to see a 1902 Napier D45 with a fascinating history.

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22/06/2026

Originally a modest 22hp KRIT road car from Detroit, this Edwardian now runs a mighty 9.3-litre Curtiss OXX-6 V8 aero engine.
With fully exposed rocker gear, around 100hp at just 1400rpm and an estimated 400lb-ft of torque, it's a wonderful example of the era when aircraft engines found a second life on the racetrack.

19/06/2026

“One moment you’re riding a wave of quietly menacing torque from that huge engine, but turn the exhaust cut-out lever and you’re in the cockpit of a WW1 fighter plane” – so says Simon Kidston about his revived Hispano-Suiza H6C. Read the full story of this inspiring project in the July issue, and don’t forget to explore our digital archive – see the link in our bio

18/06/2026

The Napier GP at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting for the S F Edge Trophy.
D Napier & Son played a pivotal role in S F Edge’s early international motorsport success, making it especially fitting to see a Napier competing in this race.

12/06/2026

In the latest issue of the Automobile:

The hero’s Hispano

First owned by ‘Bentley Boy’ Glen Kidston, this Hispano-Suiza H6C Boulogne has recently
undergone a remarkable transformation back to its original specification. Mick Walsh
relishes an opportunity to get behind the wheel

The Chequered Flag

Graham Warner was a wheeler-dealing garagiste, a racing driver, a team patron and more besides. In the first of two instalments, his biographer Richard Heseltine recalls one of motor sport’s great characters

‘A barbaric motor car’

The German Staunau economy car of 1950 looked like an American land yacht in miniature,
but it relied on a puny two-stroke twin for power. It sank without trace, and with good reason, says Tobias Baldus

Best of British

There are few homegrown Veterans that can hold a candle to the Napier D45, says Zack
Stiling after getting acquainted with a well-used example

Heart transplants

In the concluding part of his article examining the Grand Prix Bugattis and Maseratis which
were re-engined in Italy in the 1930s and ’40s, Simon Moore looks at the cars which received
Fiat power

Country life

This 1925 Singer 10/26 De Luxe Tourer has lived in the same area of the Somerset
countryside for more than a century. Chris Pickering gets behind the wheel and tells the story of this unspoilt and unrestored light car

The Photo Detective

In this instalment of his occasional series, Ariejan Bos attempts to correct a few
misconceptions about the origins of Roi des Belges coachwork

Back on the Road

We report on the restoration of a 1960 Rochdale Riviera

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