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The first recorded journey of a motor car in England was made 126 years ago this month by a Datchet resident, the Honourable Evelyn Ellis, in his 1895 Panhard-Levassor. Ellis lived at 'Rosenau' on Southlea Road. During time in France and Germany, he became interested in the motor industry and wanted to see it established in England. One great obstacle here was the 'Red Flag' Act which restricted steam-powered vehicles from driving more than 4mph on public roads, and he planned to defy this Act in the hope that it would be repealed. In June 1895, Ellis purchased his motor car, powered ...

While the outgoing sedan hung its opulence on a BMW 7 Series chassis, this new Ghost rides on Rolls-Royce’s own aluminum Architecture of Luxury that was introduced with the Phantom 8 and now underpins the Cullinan SUV. It’s a stiffer, lighter platform that gives the Ghost a wider track and longer wheelbase. It also bestows standard all-wheel-drive and rear-wheel steering, neither of which were previously available on the Ghost. The 2021 Ghost comes across as more modern, muscular and very pure of line. The Ghost design team – led by Henry Cloke – started with a clean sheet of paper an...

The first truck in the world was built by Gottlieb Daimler in 1896 The first truck was built in 1896, based on a converted horse-drawn goods wagon Fast progress to the first range of trucks at the turn of the century One of the greatest talents of inventor Gottlieb Daimler was finding new areas of application for his engine. He invented the motor cycle, then went to the motorised trolley car, a motorised firefighting hose and then, almost inevitably, to the truck in the year 1896. The first truck in the world in 1896 Pragmatism was behind the design of the first truck in the world, which look...