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  • 2 weeks ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jeremy Taylor

    Aintree offered superb facilities for spectators but as car speeds increased, the "track within a track" lacked enough room for run-off areas. In some places, drivers had to steer past concrete pillars. The circuit's final grand prix was held in 1962, when Jim Clark won in a Lotus 25, before the event moved south to Brands Hatch. Today, several landmark features of the old circuit that once hosted Formula 1 legends such as Fangio, Clark and Moss remain.

  • 3 weeks ago | squaremile.com | Jeremy Taylor |Charlie Magee

    Once upon a time, not that long ago, the Aventador was the craziest petrol-powered machine on the road. The angriest Raging Bull of them all, the noise and old-school thrills of Lamborghini’s hardcore supercar were simply legendary. The Aventador’s beating heart was a monstrous V12 engine that, as it turns out, was also its Achilles’ heel.

  • 1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jeremy Taylor

    Such was the paucity of output in the Republic of Ireland that we shall also consider the part of the north-east of the island that's part of the United Kingdom. In Northern Ireland, Chambers Motors was the first car manufacturer on the island of Ireland. Established in 1904 by brothers Charlie, Robert and Jack Chambers, their high-calibre cars were hand-built by skilled craftsmen using quality materials.

  • 1 month ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jeremy Taylor

    Ninety years ago, road deaths were soaring. The government then enacted a compulsory examination - but what was it like? I gave it a go... When Mr RE Beere left home on 16 March, 1935, he could have had no idea that his name would one day become a footnote in motoring history. Likely starting the day with a hearty breakfast and listening to the BBC National Programme on the wireless, he must have sneaked a final look at the new Highway Code and then bravely set out across London.

  • 2 months ago | telegraph.co.uk | Jeremy Taylor

    Had Robert Burns been alive today, he would have gnawed his quill to the nib struggling to write a romantic poem about the Scottish motor industry. Automotive manufacture is generally a dreich subject for proud Caledonians, whose efforts in shipbuilding, whisky and oil exploration are better known. A search hither and yon for extant “motor manufacturers of Scotland” offers little encouragement.

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