McLaren X-1

I like the McLaren X-1. I like it from an aesthetic perspective and I love it for what it represents, you see the X-1 is a return to that great old automotive tradition of creating unique, coach-built motorcars for special clients.

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The USS Akron

This photograph of the USS Akron under construction looks beautiful, the really captivating element of the picture has to be the men standing at the very tops of those extraordinary ladders attached to what look like horsedrawn carts.

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Paul Newman

During an interview many years ago, famous racing driver Mario Andretti was quoted as saying “Paul Newman was one of us”. That’s a hell of an accolade from one of the greatest racing drivers in history. He wasn’t wrong though.

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Winston Churchill’s Land Rover

It isn’t every day that something as quintessentially British as this comes along, meet Winston Churchill’s 1954 Land Rover Series 1, a car that was specifically built for the man himself with an extra-wide driver’s seat and an arm rest in place of the passenger seat.

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