Shire Library

By: Jonathan Wood . With 16.5 million built between 1908 and 1927, the Model T Ford was, until overtaken in the 1970s by the Volkswagen Beetle, the most popular car in automotive history...

By: George Mowat - Brown . For over a century, no marque more accurately charted the triumphs and tribulations of the British motor-manufacturing industry than Rover. George Mowat-Brown traces the...

By: Jeff Clew . After the close of the First World War, the British motorcycle industry rose to prominence as British motorcycles became almost unbeatable in competitions. However, a shortage of...

By: Richard A Copping . The Volkswagen Transporter is one of the best loved and most recognisable motor vehicles of all time. The favourite transport of surfers everywhere, and the shape that can be...