In fact, he was known to reserve the least affection of all for the SP250 Dart, a model that had already bombed embarrassingly (and expensively) in the North American market for which it was intended.
Roesch had originally been brought in to create a new car, but his advanced A12 proposal was dropped when in 1919 Talbot was acquired by the French-based – but British-owned – Darracq. Roesch, ...
The 2088cc ‘four’ from Standard’s Vanguard was chosen after a little smoke-and-mirrors by Peter Morgan, circumventing his father’s dictat – that the new engine must be less than 1750cc to mitigate any ...
This is a prototype, with all that entails. It is also a racing car, although strictly speaking it never ventured trackside in anger. And if that wasn’t enough for the history file, a few years down ...
It was a messy end to the relationship, but the birth of one of the most fascinating, often baffling, motoring stories. The entire Monteverdi marque is shrouded in a certain amount of mystery, ...
Few automotive reunions are as poignant, and we are the first to capture the moment. That both the 1904 Darracq 10/12hp, aka ‘Genevieve’, and the 1905 Spyker 12/16hp Double Phaeton alongside it were ...