Neil HIGH Briscoe
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In this month: 4 March 1950 – Rover runs JET 1, the first gas turbine car
Most of the modern cars we now own are piston-engined. Some, increasingly, are hybrid, fully electric, maybe even fuelled by hydrogen. But back in...
In this month: February 1956 – AEC Routemaster bus enters service
The red London bus, Beefeaters, red phone boxes, Coldstream Guards and Tower Bridge – all conjure up a tourist’s snapshot of London. More than...
2020 BMW 330d xDrive M Sport Touring G21
BMW’s latest Touring lives up to a seven-year-old’s imagination... Words: Neil Brisco Photography: BMW AG. First Drives - Our verdict on...
In this month: December 1902 First running V8 engine patented
The heart of the American muscle car – the V8 engine, that powerhouse of a nation, an engine enshrined in folklore – was invented...
In this month: 8 September 1948 first British pilot to break Sound Barrier
David Lean’s 1952 film The Sound Barrier, and Neville Duke’s book Sound Barrier published the following year, created a romantic historical ideal surrounding the...
In this month: 15 June 1912 – WO Bentley’s first competitive event in a motor car
WO Bentley is a name as instant a symbol of ‘British-ness’ as Burberry, Barbour and Aston Martin. There’s a historic and somewhat ironic link...
In this month: May 1971 Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash
That’s a long title for a long race from the east coast to the west coast of America. This unusual idea was inspired by...
In this month: March 1947/1987 Enzo’s first and last: from Ferrari 125 to Ferrari F40
Enzo Ferrari founded Scuderia Ferrari in 1929 but it wasn’t until March 1947 that he produced a car that bore his own name. Having...
Formula One in my day
Formula One in my day. Having worked behind the lens for more than 30 years, Charles Briscoe-Knight picks his favourite shots from the glory...
Fifty years of Mazda’s rotary engine – Mazda Cosmo 110S and RX-8, RX-3, RX-7 MkI, RX-7 MkIII Bathurst
Wankels that worked. Fifty years of Mazda’s rotary engine. Felix Wankel’s innovative engine found its biggest fan in Japan with Mazda. 50 years after...
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