Racing

The Cricklewood Bentleys won Le Mans five times in eight years, gave the world the Blower and the Speed Six, and bankrupted their maker building the 8 Litre masterpiece. A guide to the W.O. era, the Bentley Boys legend, buying realities of the marque's grandest era.

The DB2 gave David Brown's initials their first great car, Frank Feeley's flowing coupe over the Lagonda six, raced at Le Mans and matured through the DB2/4 and Mk III into the family that fathered the DB4. A guide to the Feltham era, and what to check before buying.

The Lotus Elite was the world's first glassfibre monocoque, a 660-kilogram coupe that cut through the air like nothing else in 1957 and won its class at Le Mans six years running. A guide to the Type 14, the Climax engine, the racing record, buying checks and values.

The Jaguar C-Type and D-Type won Le Mans five times in seven years, pioneered disc brakes and aviation monocoques, and became some of the most valuable British cars ever sold. A guide to both racers, the XKSS, the continuation cars and the replica industry that keeps the shapes on the road.

The Lotus Cortina put Colin Chapman's twin-cam engine into Ford's family saloon and created the touring-car legend of the 1960s, Jim Clark cornering it on three wheels in every archive reel. A guide to Mk1 and Mk2, the racing record, originality traps and values.