The Jaguar XK180

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...

Oliver Winterbottom

Oliver Winterbottom worked at three major British sports car manufacturers during his career and contributed to the success of each, with distinctive designs. Winterbottom worked with luminaries of the British car industry like Sir William Lyons and Colin Chapman. Starting at...

Tadek Marek

Tadek Marek was a Polish engineer that joined Aston Martin from Austin in 1954. His work at Aston Martin culminated in the alloy inline six cylinder used on the Aston Martin DBR2, the straight six used by Lagonda and the famous...

Sir William Lyons

Sir William Lyons was born in Blackpool in 1901. He formed Swallow Sidecars when he was just 21 after getting a loan from his father. He partnered with William Walmsley who had converted army surplus motorbikes into sidecars and civilian motorbikes....