The Society of Automotive Historians

By Derek Wild 2024 review by James Loveridge Anyone who has followed Grand Prix racing for any length of time…

By Carlo Cavicchi 2024 review by James Loveridge Despite what its title may suggest, Inside OSCA: The Bolognese Miracle That…

By Jim and Guy Loveridge 2024 review by Autolycus Once again, Jim and Guy Loveridge have brought into the limelight…

By David Whyley 2024 review by Amy Forster-Smith This remarkable tome on the history of Austin’s J40 and Pathfinder pedal…

By Robin Hunter 2024 review by Malcolm Bobbitt That a largely rural area a few miles south-west of London had…

By John Nikas with Hervé Chevalier 2024 review by Malcolm Bobbitt A combination of Hervé Chevalier’s expertise on Healey and…

By Christopher Balfour 2024 review by Autolycus This small softback book of only 94 pages is nonetheless an important one….

By Jeremy Walton 2024 review by James Loveridge Helpfully, prolific author Jeremy Walton starts his new book with a brief…

By Rachel Harris-Gardiner 2024 review by James Loveridge To the casual observer it may seem the motorsport is essentially a…

By Paul Robinson 2024 review by James Loveridge One of the problems with history is that while it is fairly…

By Denis Bernard, Basile Davoine, Julien Holtz and Gérard Holtz 2024 review by Peter McFadyen What a superb book and…

By Charles Howard 2023 review by James Loveridge Charles Howard, who died in August this year, was one of Britain’s,…

By Bob Montgomery 2023 review by James Loveridge During the period just before and just after the Second World war…

By John Mayhead 2023 review by James Loveridge In the 1920s and 30s breaking land speed records was very much…

By John Elmgreen and Terry McGrath 2023 review by James Loveridge Lists are an integral part of motoring history: production…

By Jon Saltinstall 2023 review by James Loveridge For many the careers of successful motor racing drivers are of considerable…

By Ian Wagstaff 2023 review by James Loveridge “AUDI R8: The Autobiography of R8-405” by Ian Wagstaff is the 15th…

By Kevin Guthrie and Darren Banks. 2023 review by Peter McFadyen Having so nearly won the Michael Sedgwick Award with…

By Paul Robinson 2023 review by Autolycus This small softback book in A5 size and with just 54 pages is…

By Tony Bagnall 2023 review by James Loveridge As in most of life there are niches and this includes motoring…

By Darren Banks 2023 review by James Loveridge “GERRY BIRRELL – Lost Before His Time” by Darren Banks is a…

By Den Carlow, Anders Ditlev Clausager, Paul Skilleter & Penny Woodley 2023 review by James Loveridge Even when the original…

By Roberto Giordanelli 2023 review by James Loveridge Roberto Giordanelli, the author of “Confessions of a Test Driver. From a…

by Philip Newsome 2023 review by James Loveridge “TRACKSIDE: Four Decades of Motorsport Photography” by SAHB member Philip Newsome is…

by Alan Bowles & Darren Banks 2022 review by James Loveridge “50 Years of The Formula Ford Festival” by Alan…

by Paul Griffin 2022 review by James Loveridge (N.B. This book was entrusted to our Chairman, but, as he found…

by Michael Barton 2022 review by James Loveridge “FAST LADY – The extraordinary adventures of Miss Dorothy Levitt” may be…

by Raoul F Balcaen III with Jill Amadio and Pete Lyons 2022 review by Peter McFadyen This is the autobiography…

By Mark Bradbury 2022 review by Autolycus The Renault 4 sold over eight million examples and was built or assembled…

by the Lancia Motor Club (edited by Jack Romano) 2022 review by James Loveridge I guess all of us come…

by Simon Fisher 2022 review by James Loveridge In his 1934 book “My Motoring Reminiscences” Selwyn Francis Edge said he…

by Jack Barlow 2022 review by Guy Loveridge When a book is released, and a review copy lands on the…

by Tim Beavis and Guy Loveridge 2022 review by James Loveridge This is the second in a promised five volumes…

By Chris Wiblin 2022 review by Autolycus There are many marque histories that include in their title the words “The…

By John S Allen and Graham Endeacott 2022 review by Guy Loveridge This title comes slightly late to the party,…

By Ian Wagstaff 2022 review by Guy Loveridge This wonderfully well-presented book is one that has been long awaited. It…

By Bernard Vermeylen 2022 review by James Loveridge This extremely well produced and lavishly illustrated paperback by author Bernard Vermeylen…

By Roger Nathan 2022 review by James Loveridge This is the second book by a quite extraordinary man, Roger Nathan….

2022 review by James Loveridge Porter Press have, to their usual very high standards, done a great service to Motor…

By Adrian Padfield 2022 review by Autolycus Dr Adrian Padfield is a retired anaesthetist. So why did he write this…

By Andrew Woodmansey 2021 review by Autolycus From the very first pages of this remarkable book (the Preface and Introduction)…

by Clive Beecham 2022 review by James Loveridge There have now been several books about a particular car, notably Porter…

by Chris Rees 2022 review by James Loveridge Encyclopedia Britalicar – The Story of British Cars & Italian Design by…

By Michael Edwards 2021 review by Autolycus The title of this book may put off those who have been enchanted…

by Tony Bagnall 2021 review by Peter McFadyen When it comes to Italian cars in motor sport, the names Ferrari,…

by Brian Malin; Forewords by Simon Taylor and Alan Staniforth 2021 review by Peter McFadyen Although they were born 18…

by Richard Jenkins 2021 review by James Loveridge Mike Spence was one of the all too many gifted racing drivers…

by Andy Plumb 2021 review by James Loveridge “Tipping Point: Designing a Great British Underdog” has benefited from the skills…

by John Bradshaw 2021 review by James Loveridge Self evidently the essence of Motor Sport is to travel over a…

by Vic Norman 2021 review by James Loveridge Vic Norman is clearly a very interesting man and this substantial book…

by Peter Moss and Richard Roberts 2021 review by Professor Peter Fawcett The plethora of texts appearing in recent years…

by Jonathan Wood 2021 review by Anders Ditlev Clausager This I am told is definitely Jonathan’s last book, and is…

by Darren Banks and Kevin Guthrie 2021 review by Peter McFadyen When Tom Pryce won the British Airways/Daily Mail Race…

by Oliver Heal WINNER OF THE 2020 MICHAEL SEDGWICK AWARD 2020 review by Malcolm Bobbitt Sunbeam is one of the…

by Adam Wragg 2020 review by James Loveridge The Austin Seven, first made in 1922, was, and still is, an…

by Tim Beavis and Guy Loveridge 2020 review by James Loveridge If you want to get a real feeling for…

by Vic Quayle 2020 review by James Loveridge There are myriad books about Stirling Moss but this one, “Stirling Moss…

by David Tremayne 2020 review by James Loveridge It is said a picture tells a thousand words; if that be…

by Stephen Moore 2020 review by Peter Moss A few weeks ago, we announced this important book by Stephen Moore. …

by Peter Hill 2020 review by Prof. Peter Fawcett Like his father before him, author Peter Hill spent his entire…

by John Nikas with Gerry Coker 2020 review by Anders Ditlev Clausager There have over the years been many Healey…

by Phillip Bingham 2020 review by James Loveridge If you are going to inherit a large fortune then one of…

by Sébastien Canévet and Danny Chabaud 2020 review by Malcolm Bobbitt It’s an intrinsic part of London and its fame…

by Martyn Morgan Jones with Philip Ivimey 2020 review by James Loveridge Books about the Gilbern car are like the proverbial…

by Richard Jenkins 2020 review by Guy Loveridge Richard Jenkins has been writing magazine stories on motor racing for years….

2020 review, by Guy Loveridge, of two books. Nothing gets publishers and authors twitching so much as a Hollywood movie…

By Malcolm Bobbitt. 2020 review by Autolycus This is a small masterpiece.  In a book of modest proportions and affordable…

by Valerie Pirie 2020 review by Guy Loveridge Valerie Pirie is a name that many might be unfamiliar with. Anyone…

by Rinsey Mills 2020 review by Peter McFadyen I well remember the first time I saw a Cobra Daytona Coupe…

Edited by Craig Horner 2020 review by Autolycus This is a book that needed to be written. It is a…

by Richard Heseltine 2020 review by Peter McFadyen The Ferrari 250GT Berlinetta was first shown on the stand of the…

by Kevin Whittle 2020 review by Peter McFadyen In his series of books on individual models, knowledgeable Lotus writer, restorer…

by Clive Taylor 2019 review by Peter McFadyen As part of their celebration of the centenary of the Alvis marque,…

by Dr James Fraser 2019 review by Anders Ditlev Clausager This is a quite astonishing picture book, and I guess…

by Nick Hull 2019 review by Anders Ditlev Clausager Nick is a designer formerly with Jaguar and now teaching at…

by Graham Skillen 2019 review by Autolycus This is a wonderful book.  Firstly, Graham Skillen has had the good sense…

by Simon Taylor 2019 review by Guy Loveridge The HWM was a “special” developed at Hersham and Walton Motors, largely…

by Alan Shattock 2019 review by Anders Ditlev Clausager The well-worn expression “labour of love” has rarely been more appropriate…

by Geoff Carverhill 2019 review by Anders Ditlev Clausager Geoff’s previous book was a history of Commer trucks but he…

by Bill Munro and Pat Turner 2019 review by Autolycus This is a truly comprehensive history of the Ferguson Formula…

by Roger Farmer 2019 review by Guy Loveridge I had been very much looking forward to reading this biography. It…

by Peter Grimsdale 2019 review by Anders Ditlev Clausager When I was a young child, trying to learn how to…

by James Page. 2019 review by Peter McFadyen In motor sport, it is often said, only winners are remembered and…

by Mark Morris and Julius Kruta 2019 review by James Loveridge Porter Press International have continued their Great Car Series…

by Nicholas Young 2019 review by John Harrison This is a book not just for the “vehicle registration anorak” like…

by John Baillie. 2018 review by Peter McFadyen Starting from a relatively modest plan to revise Bill Boddy’s 1973 soft-backed…

by Kevin Whittle. 2018 review by Peter McFadyen Kevin Whittle is a long-time Lotus enthusiast to put it mildly. He…

By Martyn Goddard. 2018 review by Guy Loveridge. All of us will have seen a Martyn Goddard photograph. Of that…

By Karl Ludvigsen. 2018 review by James Loveridge. For much of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s the World Land Speed…

By Peter Higham. 2018 review by James Loveridge. It is appreciated that not all visitors to our website, whether SAHB…

By Gordon Bruce. 2018 review by Guy Loveridge. That Gordon Bruce has followed up his GT40 title with this high-quality…

By Mick Walsh. 2018 review by James Loveridge. Mick Walsh, well known Journalist and concours judge, has written a Love…

By Derek Mathews. 2018 review by Peter Moss. Almost as fascinating as this history of the Horbick motor car is…

By Ray Hutton. 2018 review by Guy Loveridge. When a competition car achieves a major race win it is usually…

By Anders Ditlev Clausager. WINNER of the 2017 Michael Sedgwick Award. 2017 review by Guy Loveridge. To most of us…

By Philip Porter. (Shortlisted for the 2017 Michael Sedgwick Award). 2017 review by Guy Loveridge.   With a living legend…

By Darren Banks. (Shortlisted for the 2017 Michael Sedgwick Award). 2017 review by Guy Loveridge. Which of us who feels…

by Kevin Whittle. 2017 review by Peter McFadyen This is a new companion volume to the Lotus 35 history reviewed…

by Brian Redman with Jim Mullen.  Foreword by Mario Andretti.  Published by Evro Publishing 2016 review by Peter McFadyen This…

by Kevin Whittle, published by Whittle Books 2016 review by Peter McFadyen Following disappointing sales and results with the Formula…

By Mike Harvey, published by The S.U. Carburetter Co – £20.00 plus Post and Packing. 2015 Review by Malcolm Jeal….

By S.C.H. ‘Sammy’ Davis, published by Herridge & Sons. £22.50, plus Post and Packing. 2008 Review by Michael Worthington-Williams. I…

by Rob and Hugh Dunsterville, Published by the Midland Automobile Club (Est. 1901) Ltd. Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb, Worcester WR6…

(2nd Edition) by John Reynolds, published by Haynes. £25.00.  ISBN 978 1 84425 516 0. 2008 Review by Malcolm Jeal….

The Automobile Handbook and Guide a reproduction of a possibly unique copy of the original brochure dated 1900, is a…

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This book is a 192-page hardback with hundreds of illustrations that covers the cars, vans and lorries manufactured since 1928…