Before David Plastow left his senior position at Rolls-Royce following the take-over of Vickers plc, he had been responsible for a series of models, amongst which was the Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit. It was unveiled in October 1980 as a replacement for the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. The coachwork of the Silver Spirit had been designed at the in-house..
Unveiled in June 1995 for the 1996 model year, the fourth and final series of the Silver Spirit and Silver Spur were heavily revised and improved by Rolls-Royce. However, the new cars were simply known as New Silver Spirit and New Silver Spur as the IV suffix was a symbol of death in some Far Eastern regions. As before, the Silver Spur was the long..
The Silver Shadow broke new ground for the Crewe Company in a number of key areas, from the sophisticated fully independent suspension with an advanced self-levelling system to four-wheel ventilated disc brakes. The only major components carried over from the Silver Cloud III was the excellent, all aluminium, 6.2 litre V8 and four-speed automatic t..
The Fratelli Maserati are woven into the very fabric of Italian motorsport history. Highly respected as engineers, designers, drivers, and team managers, motorsport was their first and only love, and, like Enzo Ferrari, they only saw road cars as a means to an end. Despite being involved in racing since the 1920s, it was not until a partnership wit..
Well before the moratorium on civilian car production in 1942, Chrysler Corporation had substantial involvement in supporting the war effort. Chrysler powered machines served in harsh environments all around the world, and their achievements were not lost on the buying public after the war. Once plans were made to resume production, material sho..
JAGUAR MARK IV BERLINA MANUFACTURED 1948 6 CYLINDER 3500CC TOTAL NUMBER PRODUCED 254 LHDThe one to have! The first model to be produced under the Jaguar badge following the transcendence from Swallow Sidecars (SS Jaguars). The model was produced immediately after the war between 1945 and 1949 with the three engine sizes and a varie..
Maserati A6GCS MonofaroOriginal engine and gearbox raced by Juan Manuel FangioReplica Siluro chassis and bodyPeriod racing historyMODEL HISTORYThe Maserati A6GCS is the last true Maserati. In 1947 the Maserati brothers Ernesto, Bindo and Ettore, now released from their contract with the Orsi fa..