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A new chassis was conceived by British designer Reid Railton (who had also successfully designed the Bluebird land speed record cars for Malcolm Campbell) and was constructed by Thomson & Taylor at Brooklands. [1] The engine was based on the well-proven Riley six-cylinder unit, albeit this was modified in a number of significant ways.
The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company in the 19th and 20th centuries. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg formed S. Bettmann & Co. and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them under his own trade name in London.
Flutes: Daimler's traditional radiator grille topped by now-vestigial cooling fins adopted by 1905. The Daimler Company Limited (/ ˈ d eɪ m l ər / DAYM-lər), before 1910 known as the Daimler Motor Company Limited, was an independent British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in London by H. J. Lawson in 1896, which set up its manufacturing base in Coventry.
The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. [1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation.
1972 Stag with Rostyle wheel trims, retrofitted 1976 stainless steel sill panels 1974 Stag interior. The initial Stag design used the saloon's 2.0-litre six cylinder engine which was intended to be uprated to 2.5-litres for production cars, but Webster intended the Stag, large saloons and estate cars to use a new Triumph-designed overhead cam (OHC) 2.5-litre fuel injected (PI) V8.
Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers Armaments in conjunction with Herbert Austin.It initially made a full range, topped by large luxury cars, and dominated the market in the Edwardian era.
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee is being marked with a special four-day bank holiday weekend from Thursday June 2 to Sunday June 5.
The Sunbeam Tiger is a high-performance V8 version of the British Rootes Group's Sunbeam Alpine roadster, designed in part by American car designer and racing driver Carroll Shelby and produced from 1964 until 1967.