Fastest Test Car?

October 27, 2023

Fastest test car AC Cobra Le Mans

Classic Jaguar: Ecurie Ecosse

April 6, 2023

The 1844 North British Railway Company was ambitious. Like its rival The Caledonian Railway, it wanted to operate south of Berwick-on-Tweed. By railways’ 1923 amalgamation it was fifth largest in the UK so was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) yet its hotel above Waverley Station remained, steadfastly The NB. “North British”. Earnest Scot Nats could scarcely contain their delight in 1991, when it was reopened by (soon-to-be Sir) Thomas Sean Connery, and renamed The Balmoral.

Johnny Bute (1958-2021)

March 23, 2021

John Colum Crichton-Stuart (1958-2021). Dilemma of the regal or the celebrated. Anonymity was impossible. Second fiddle to Ayrton Senna at Lotus 1986; winner at Le Mans with Jaguar in 1988. No 774 on The Sunday Times Rich List with an estimated £158 million.

JIMMY AND JACKIE STEWART 1989 Archive 008

February 25, 2021

Jackie Stewart pontificated and name-dropped when he was selling Jaguars from the family garage in Dumbarton. Then it was his brother Jimmy, not he, who was the local hero racing driver. Jimmy Stewart cut short a promising career after crashing heavily at Le Mans. His mother worried until Jimmy, a gentle, unaggressive son, hung up his helmet. Jaguar E-typre FSN1 Dumbuck demonstrator at Turnberry Eric Dymock picture.