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Here’s proof that history really does repeat itself. Jaguar and Aston Martin might have kicked off the modern trend for ‘continuation’ versions of some of their greatest hits, but Bentley has taken it to an entirely new level by heading much further back in time. The Blower Continuation is a factory-fresh version of a car that was last produced 90 years ago, and one that hasn’t been subjected to any modernisation to make it more civilised. The result is a car you don’t drive so mu...

2021 Bentley Blower Continuation Revives Bentleys Past Bentley builds a supercharged time machine with a modern recreation of its legendary 1930 race car. The gradual evolution of the automobile has meant that different innovations have arrived at different times, and leaping back 90 years in automotive history makes for a strange combination of the familiar and the utterly alien. Its a point made spectacularly well by the Bentley Blower Continuation, a vehicle that manages the unique trick of ...

The troubled rebirth of TVR has gained a new lifeline, securing a £2m funding boost to help secure the future of the brand and get its new Griffith to market. While this is well short of the £25m TVR has been aiming to raise in order to get its facilities in Wales up and running, this is at least a glimmer of hope for the troubled brand after years of inactivity due to fiscal complications.  The first cars were due for delivery in early 2019, and all looked healthy with a £40m order bank an...

The revolver was one of the first multi-shot handguns. Heres What You Need to Remember: Warfare in the post-9/11 period is primarily infantry-focused, with ground troops taking part in small-unit actions against insurgents and guerrillas. Fought on a wide variety of terrain, from arid desert regions to jungles and even cities, infantrymen have relied on their service rifles to get the mission done. (This first appeared as two  separate 5 Best Revolvers The revolver was one of the first multi-...

12 Cool Cars Finally Legal for U.S. Import in 2021 These rides from 1996 are now 25 years old, so you can legally import them into the United States. Ryan OlbryshCar and Driver It was Republican Congressman Bob Whittaker from Kansas who sponsored the Imported Vehicle Safety Compliance Act. The law was passed in 1988, allowing Americas car enthusiasts to import cars from foreign lands as long as those cars are at least 25 years old. Usually, these are models that werent sold in the United State...

NZ Police Museum Historic New Zealand police cars include the Holden EH Special. On August 25, 1920, the first recorded instance of investigating police using a motor car to attend the scene of a crime occurred following the murder (the previous day) of Sydney Seymour Eyre at Tuakau in South Auckland. Over the next 30 years, police got by on the smell of the proverbial oily rag, having to share the cost of running the vehicles with other Government departments. Police had to rely on a succe...

Young bought the rare Bentley in October 2018 and began the long restoration process. It was a body and frame with parts stored in three sheds at a country home in central England. He trucked the pieces to a friend’s home in southern England where the vehicle was roughly reassembled for its journey to Canada. The Bentley was on a ship when he learned of the new luxury tax. He immediately changed the shipping status to temporary import, realizing he would not want to pay the enormous cost to r...