National Motor Museum eyes move to better-placed site before 2030 amid row over future at Montagu estate

This is, arguably, rather peripheral to the sort of thing I usually cover on here but I am so easily distracted by sidelines to my actual, purposeful research, that ‘rabbitholes’ consta…

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Leaving aside environmental considerations, I am always overcome by a wave of nostalgia when I see a vehicle powered by steam. The history of steam railway engines is a line well-travelled but the …

Liberating as owning a car was, the early days of motoring were not without their difficulties. Mechanically, vehicles were temperamental and unreliable and road signage, where it existed, did not …

Experiments with steam-powered vehicles can be traced back to at least 1769 but the prospect of producing a vehicle that could harness this form of power efficiently captivated the minds of several…

Bid Live on Lot 244 in the Fine, Esoteric and Collectable - Two-Day Auction Auction from Laidlaw Auctioneers & Valuers.

The Simson KR 51 Schwalbe, affectionately known as the "Swallow," holds a special place in the hearts of many who remember the days of the German Democratic Republic (DDR). This iconic moped was more ...

These days an in-car satellite navigation system (sat nav) is viewed almost as much an essential as a steering wheel to the extent that many motorists either do not carry a conventional paper-based…

“Don’t scare the horses!”. One of the many challenges facing the early motoring pioneers was the reaction of pedestrians and horses to a noisy, smoking heap of metal slowly clanking its way down th…

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