John Sprinzel co-founded Speedwell in 1957 to race-prepare BMC A-series-engined cars. He recalls tuning by pipe smoke, working with Graham Hill and giving BMC...
Speedwell’s Executive Riley Elf had Mini Cooper-eclipsing performance, a luxury interior and F1-driver kudos. We try out a rare example to see if it...
The DS-inspired prototype that spawned the Mini. BMC’s abandoned future Issigonis’ forgotten XC9001 project. After the stillborn V8 he had designed for Alvis, and...
Morris: the man Lord Nuffield’s recipes for success. The Real William Morris. He was Britain’s first and only motor-industry tycoon. In the year the...