Cars you know, stories you'll learn
March 15th, 2021, represented 60 years since the majestic Jaguar E-Type debuted at the Geneva Motor Show; and transformed the British marque's trajectory forever. We all know what it looks like, and a lucky few know what it's like to drive such a machine. But there's a lot more to the story of the E-Type. …
The recent announcement that Radford, formerly Harold Radford & Co Limited and coachbuilder of the wonderful Bentley Countryman, Mini de Ville and several Aston "shooting brakes" and estate conversions, was rising from the ashes once again got us thinking; about coachbuilding. Or rather, thinking a little more than usual; because coachbuilt cars are never far …
Continue reading "The Most Beautiful Coachbuilt Cars in History – Part 1"
Aaaannnddd we’re back, for part two in our CLT Editorial Series: A Brief History of Car Design. This week, we’re taking a look back at the fifteen years between 1945 and the end of the ‘50s: a time of stark contrasts, economic hardship, the beginning of the cold war and achingly beautiful cars. It was …
