The legendary Beast created by John Dodd is coming up for auction on Saturday 29 November at The Brooklands Velocity sale by Historics Auctioneers. The sale is being held at Mercedes-Benz World and the Beast is one of the star lots thanks to its sensational looks and 27-litre Rolls-Royce Merlin V12 engine. Conceived by John…
The Golden Age of Motoring sale held in conjunction with the London to Brighton Run on 31 October by Bonhams|Cars saw sales totalling £1.67 million. Across 200 lots in the sale, there was as a 93% sale rate and many lots beat their pre-sale estimates. Held at Bonhams’ New Bond Street saleroom, the top-selling lot…
There was a happy family reunion at the NEC Classic Car Show when our editor was brought back together with the Fiat Panda he ran as a long-termer. It’s been 21 years since Al Suttie (pictured) last saw the Panda, which he ran for a year while working at What Car? The baby Fiat has…
Former Top Gear presenter Quentin Willson has died at the age of 68 after a short illness. Willson made his name presenting Top Gear and for his shrewd used car reviews. He later progressed to reviewing classic cars and presented The Car’s the Star for the BBC. He later moved Channel 5 to present Fifth…
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