In the midst of a local revival of the MG brand in SA, Mike Monk describes and drives one of the models that established the company’s sporty reputation 70 years ago...
Two inventors, one goal – the automobile: on 29 January 1886, Carl Benz applied for a patent for his three-wheeled ‘vehicle with gas-engine drive’ – effectively the birth of the automobile. Shortly afterwards, Gottlieb Daimler built his motor carriage. Together, the two vehicles formed the...
Mike Monk drives an iconic sports car built just up the road from where he was born that set a global standard for sports cars...
Mike Monk gets to grips with a rare animal. Almost...
Mike Monk revives fond memories of a classic Alfa...
Louis Douglas Serrurier (9 December 1920 – 4 June 2006) was a prominent South African racing driver and race car constructor. The last of the cars he built – LDS #10 – is a valued part of the FMM collection. Recently, Doug’s daughter Diane donated her father’s racing...
Still on the presidential theme, at least half-a-dozen of South Africa’s leaders have been transported in this rare, right-hand drive Mercedes-Benz 600 that boasts a number of evocative descriptions...
One of the most colourful cars in the FMM collection is celebrating its 70th birthday this year – the 1955 Studebaker President. And like many presidents, it does have quite a history...
What’s in a name? Pontiac manufactured a model called Star Chief from 1954 to 1966. During that time it passed through six generations, beginning as the top trim package of Pontiac’s Chieftain model becoming the base for the later Bonneville. It was assembled in numerous...
Why do some people fail and others succeed in the auto industry? The annals of the motor industry contain numerous examples of entrepreneurs, car names and car companies that featured briefly, massively, or sometimes even ignominiously. Preston Tucker and Ferdinand Porsche were two historical contemporaries...
