The Norton 16H – A Roaring Norton for the Roaring Twenties The Norton Model 16H had its beginnings back even before the Roaring Twenties, and before the outbreak of the First World War. The 490cc…
In the Beginning: Giugiaro and a Boomerang The story of the Lotus Esprit began, not just in the minds of the design team at Lotus, but in the mind of a man who has been…
The story of the Toyota Land Cruiser J Series (FJ40 / BJ40 etc) starts in the Philippines during the Second World War, the Japanese had invaded the nation, along which much of the rest of…
A Motorcycle Superior to All Others George Brough was a man who had a love of motorcycles and a social intelligence that enabled him to put his finger on the pulse of what would be…
Val Page, Ariel, and the Red Hunter The story of the Ariel Red Hunter began when motorcycle engineer Val Page joined Ariel in 1925, having previously served his apprenticeship with the renowned British engine maker…
The Bricklin SV-1 – A Canadian Match for the Corvette In April 1975 Car and Driver magazine had the opportunity to do a head to head test of the Chevrolet Corvette and a new Canadian…
The Mazda RX-7 – An Introduction The Mazda RX-7 was the result of Toyo Kogyo Corporation’s high risk strategy of embracing the new and unproved Wankel engine technology with which to carve out a profile…
The Chevrolet Suburban – Practical Becomes Popular In thinking about the Chevrolet Suburban it might be best to start with the things we aspire to when we are young, and how that changes when we…
Project Utah – The Jaguar Mk I The story of the Jaguar Mark II (also known as the Jaguar MK2) begins with Jaguar’s “Project Utah” which gave birth to the Jaguar 2.4 liter and 3.4…
The MGA – An Introduction + Background The MGA was born out of two strands of activity; one was the American’s discovery of British sports cars in the years after the Second World War with…
A Farm Cart And The Citroën 2CV Legend has it that the germ of the idea that would become the Citroën 2CV was sown in the mind of the Vice-President and Chief of Engineering and…
Fichtel & Sachs decided to call their first Wankel engine motorcycle the Hercules W2000 and they showed the prototype at the 1970 West Cologne Autumn Motorcycle Show: that prototype featuring a shaft drive and four speed gearbox from a BMW R27 that would not be used on the production model.
