It is perhaps hard to believe that in the 1930s, one of the auto world’s more innovative manufacturers was situated behind the Iron Curtain, in Czechoslovakia. Mike Monk drives an aerodynamic example that was said to have brought about the Beetle...
Today, 12-cylinder cars are something of a technology and performance overload, but back in the 1930s such engines had more down-to-earth applications. Mike Monk drives an art deco example that ‘goes like the wind’...
‘The name’s Bond. James Bond.’ Well, not really. It’s Mike Monk, who adopts a double-oh persona agent and drives an Aston Martin that the world’s most famous secret service agent would surely have enjoyed...
Mike Monk reveals the story behind a small French car named after an African equid but soon lost its stripes...
Although Hudson only existed for just under 50 years, the company was quite innovative during that time, typified by its luxurious Commodore range. Mike Monk reviews the two third-generation models FMM has in its collection… The Hudson Motor Car Company was formed on 20 February 1909 by...
Mike Monk recalls a memorable drive with the late, great Sabine Schmitz in the Corvette hat is now part of the FMM collection...
Mike Monk describes a centenarian that bridged the gap between motorcycles and cars… Just over a century ago one of deadliest conflicts in history, World War One, began in earnest and lasted four years with enormous loss of life – counted in millions – of both...
A little battered and bruised maybe, but the attraction of this original 95-year-old Talbot is hard to resist, as Mike Monk explains...
The history of Lorraine-Dietrich is jumbled and relatively short-lived, but the cars certainly impressed. FMM’s century-old tourer is a fine example with quite a history, as Mike Monk explains… One of the pleasures in researching veteran and vintage cars is that there is almost invariably...
In September 1961, the Austin Mini Cooper and Morris Mini Cooper made their debuts, initially with a 997cc version of the BMC A-series engine. A 998 followed, then came a 1071 Cooper S in 1963 followed by a 970 S and 1275 S in 1964. ...
