The early Lamborghini were in many ways the best cars the company ever built. Class beating dream cars, the 350 GT of 1964 was faster, quicker, easier to drive and more carefully made than the equivalent Ferrari, yet surprisingly they were no more expensive. In fact, Ferrucio Lamborghini lost almost $1000 on every 350 he [...]

Despite the failure of the 2.6 liter and 3.0 liter models, Sir David Brown was still very eager to produce a Lagonda as a four door companion model to his Aston Martins. He was going after the Rolls Royce market, but he also wanted to produce a car that would appeal to the type of [...]

The 3 liter Lagonda was a direct development of the 2.6 liter model, which was one of the first all new British luxury cars to appear after the hostilities of the Second World War. Lagonda had enjoyed an excellent reputation before, the war, and this was further enhanced when it employed the services of W.O. [...]

By the late 1960s, Jensen needed a new, cheaper car to see it through the decade to come, and Donald Healey, whose contract with the British Motor Corporation (BMC) had run its course, was looking for a new partner. A marriage was arranged, and its first and only fruit was the Jensen Healey, one of [...]

The 1963 Jensen CV8, famous for its controversial slant eyed styling, was one of the fastest accelerating four seater cars of the 1960s. Using Chrysler’s 5916 cc 305 bhp V8 (with Torqueflite three speed automatic transmission), it easily under cut all of the big gun opposition on price, and could reach 120 mph (192 km/h) [...]

What Jensen 541s might lack in pedigree, they more than make up for in character and under stressed, post vintage charm. Fast and long legged, they made an excellent and cheaper, alternative to an Aston Martin and the appeal hasn’t waned a bit for their many loving enthusiasts. The fiberglass 541 was announced in 1953, [...]

Jaguar’s designers and engineers were very conscious of the serious mistakes made in the late 1990s. Poor styling, a low rent interior and its budget US sourced running gear hobbled the 1998 retro styled S Type. The 2000 ‘compact’ X Type was undermined by retro styling and the fact it was based on the ageing [...]

After the extensive debate over the ill fated “F Type” project which was to replace the ageing XJS, Ford cancelled the extraordinary four wheel drive, twin turbo machine and decided to start from scratch on an all new coupe. The car had to be successful in the all important US market. It was in many [...]

The Jaguar XJ 220 was by far the most outlandish of the late 1980s super cars, a food of which were born on the back of the world wide economics boom. It began life as nothing more than a Christmas holiday doodle by Jaguar’s engineering boss, Jim Randle and progressed as “The Saturday Club”, with [...]

The MK X was easily the most sophisticated Jaguar saloon yet. It had the triple carburetor 3.8 liter XK engine from the E Type, power steering as standard and fully independent suspension, the quadruple damper rear and also fitted to Jaguar’s new sports car. Smooth and rotund in styling with a girth of 6ft 4in [...]