Another Concept Car You Can’t Buy (Part 1) The Jaguar XK180 concept (1999) is the first in our series about Jaguar’s habit of creating some really desirable concept cars they never put into production. Designed by Keith Helfet, the designer of...
The story behind the Jaguar XJ220 is a fascinating one. A lot has been written about how it was some kind of failed project and a missed opportunity. It was a car that through no fault of its own, was launched...
Revealed at the Geneva motorshow in 1993, the Lagonda Vignale is an Aston Martin concept car. Then under the ownership of Ford, the Vignale was built on the Lincoln Town Car platform. The Vignale also had to share a Ford engine,...
Aston Martin had considerable success on the sportscar scene during the 1950s, including victory at Le Mans with the Shelby and the DBRI in 1959. When Victor Gauntlett joined Aston Martin as Chairman in 1981, he was keen to see the...
One of the fastest and most spectacular Austin Rover cars ever built, the Metro 6R4 had only a superficial relationship with the standard production Metro car. Developed for Austin Rover by Williams Grand Prix Engineering. Named 6R4 after its configuration: 6...
Jaguars record at Le Mans is unrivalled by British companies. Worldwide only Porsche and Ferrari have a better record here. The Jaguar D-Type won Le Mans in 1957 and although Jaguar built the beautiful but ill-fated XJ13 to compete in the...
The Aston Martin Vanquish is the top of the range model from Aston Martin. Built to replace the aging Virage range, the Vanquish was the first Aston Martin to make use of modern production techniques and the last to be built...
In 2004 the TVR Typhon project was started, it was designed to be the most extreme TVR road car. Deposits were taken on the Typhon and TVR set to work on the new car. Originally called the Tuscan R or T440R...
For a brief period of time the Jaguar XJ220 was the world’s fastest car. Jaguar’s small “Saturday club” team produced the concept XJ220 before TWR (Tom Walkinshaw Racing) were brought in to help rationalise certain elements of the design. Part of...
The Dewalt sponsored TVR 400R was TVR’s first entry into Le Mans in 2004 in the GT class. This was TVR’s first foray to Le Mans, and it was a great achievement for TVR just to compete. The two cars managed...
