Silverstone Organisers Ask: What is the Best British Sports Car of All Time?

The fifteen finalists in the Silverstone Classic’s, “Best British Sports Car of All Time” vote-in have been announced, and boy is there some choice picks. Before we get to that though, can I just point out a misnomer in using the, “of All Time” qualifier?

This assumes (prophetically?) that Britain will not be making any more sports cars in the future, whereas, “Best British Sports Car So Far” would be a far more accurate description. But enough with semantics: who are our lucky finalists? Read on….

In the order that I would rate them (with 1 being the highest and 15 the lowest):

1. Jaguar XK 120
2. Lotus Elan
3. MG MGB
4. Jaguar E-Type
5. Aston Martin DB5
6. Lotus 7
7. Austin-Healey 3000
8. Triumph Spitfire
9. AC Cobra
10. MG MGA
11. Morgan
12. Austin-Healey “Frog Eye” Sprite
13. Triumph TR3
14. Triumph TR6
15. TVR Griffith

Event director Nick Wigley describes the competition thusly:

"Britain is famous for its sports cars but no one ever agrees which one is the best. That's a long-running debate we now want to put to rest and where better to settle the result than at the Silverstone Classic, where so many fine examples of these much-loved models will be on show?"

The three day event will feature some 7,000 classic automobiles from over 120 clubs across the United Kingdom. You can vote for your favourite online with the winner to be announced on the 7th of July. Feel free to state your favourite (or pick apart my listing) in the comments section below.

By Tristan Hankins

Link: Silverstone Classics Vote

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Morgan Three Wheeler Coming Back for Company's 100th Anniversary

Fifty-eight years after the last Morgan three-wheeler rolled off the production line, a source close to the family owned company has confirmed that the iconic model will be resurrected to celebrate the brand's centenary (1910 - 2010).

When asked by Britain's Morgan Three Wheeler Club, Jill Price - the sister of Morgan Managing Director Charles Morgan - confirmed that such a model was in development. There are no official details as of yet but club members are happy to speculate:

The new three-wheeler, most likely to be named Super Sport and priced around the £46,000, could be powered by a 90 bhp 1,000cc or 1,100cc V-twin engine good for a top speed of 100 mph. This would be based on J. A. Prestwich's original and will possibly be built by local specialists Cameron Engineering.

Ian Parkinson, of the Morgan Three Wheeler Club, told the Telegraph: "We play with these silly old cars because they're are a lot of fun to drive: they corner like they're on rails and you can drift them round corners. But they can conk out without warning in the middle of nowhere.

"It will be wonderful to see a classic bit of British engineering back on the road and brand new and could open the club to a new kind of enthusiast."

The last of the three wheelers left Morgan's Malvern factory in July 1952, though the model was briefly resurrected as the Liberty Ace by American Pete Larsen in 2009.

By Tristan Hankins

Source: Telegraph

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