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From the makers of Deadliest Crash and Grand Prix

March 22, 2012 Comments Off

The Killer Years, it is an action-packed, absorbing and fascinating documentary. The arrival of the groundbreaking Group B cars made rallying in the 1980s more popular than Formula One. These were the most exciting cars ever to hit the motorsport scene, and nothing like them has been seen since. For four wild years manufacturers scrambled […]

Ultimate Havoc on DVD

March 16, 2012 Comments Off

For more than three decades Havoc has been bringing racing fans hair-raising, shocking and often hilarious mishaps from around the world. Now viewers can witness more than 1,000 of the most jaw-dropping moments of motorised mayhem in Ultimate Havoc.

JIM CLARK: TRIBUTE TO A CHAMPION, BY ERIC DYMOCK

December 13, 2011 Comments Off

The definitive book on Jim Clark is now available as an ebook. On April 7 1968 a Los Angeles disc jockey urged drivers, “If you are mourning the death of the great racer Jim Clark, put on your headlights”. The whole freeway lit up at midday. More than 40 years later Clark’s reputation as the greatest natural driver in the history of motor racing remains just as bright.

The Desiré Wilson Story by Alan Wilson

September 2, 2011 Comments Off

The Desiré Wilson story is unique one in motorsport; hers is the story of the driver rated by many as the best woman ever to race cars, and the most capable ever to have driven in Formula One. This fascinating story shows that a woman can, and did, fight her way to the top of […]

Land Rover Series III Reborn by Lindsay Porter

June 1, 2011 Comments Off

We took a low-mileage, ex-military, unregistered Series III Land Rover, stripped it down to its bare bones, and then blended it with an original Series III Station Wagon in very poor condition. After stirring into the pot a selection of new and modified parts from a number of different sources, we ended up with the most immaculate and user-friendly Series III you could imagine.

JAGUAR ANNOUNCES THE OFFICIAL E-TYPE 50th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTORS’ BOOK

February 21, 2011 Comments Off

Jaguar has commissioned a beautiful ‘Collectors’ Edition’ coffee-table book to mark the 50th anniversary of the car that stopped the automotive world in its tracks – the E-Type.

75 Years Of Jaguar History Goes Live

November 22, 2010 Comments Off

To mark the presentation of the stunning C-X75 at the Los Angeles Motor Show, Jaguar has launched an all-new iPad app that, like the supercar, celebrates three-quarters of a century of beautiful, fast cars

Bluebird CN7 – The inside story of Donald Campbell’s last Land Speed Record car By Donald Stevens

June 17, 2010 Comments Off

This new book from Veloce Publishing outlines the development, construction and operation of the last wheel-driven land speed record-breaking car that the UK produced, and how the tragic demise of Donald Campbell precluded it from reaching its full potential. It is also the personal story of one of the design team, how he became involved, and his incredible experiences in doing so.

‘Mr Big Healey’ – The Official Biography of John Chatham By Norman Burr

June 3, 2010 Comments Off

John Chatham, driver, racer, repairer, rebuilder, tuner, trader and lover of Austin-Healeys, was in the words of Geoffrey Healey “uncontrollable” in his youth, and has only mildly mellowed with age. Burly and genial but formidably competitive, and not above bending the rules when he thought he could get away with it, to many he is the archetypal club racer.

The Daily Mirror World Cup Rally 40 – The World’s Toughest Rally in Retrospect

April 12, 2010 Comments Off

Continuing for six weeks, and covering 16,000 miles from London to Mexico City via some of the most varying, tortuous and difficult terrain on three continents, the 1970 World Cup Rally was a unique high-speed event, attracting many serious works teams such as Ford, British Leyland and Citroen.

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