Classic & Sports Car UK – September 2019

Federation

Manymembersareaskingwhat

thefutureholdsforus,withhybrid,

electricandautonomousvehicles

onthehorizon.Nooneknowsfor

sure,butIwaspleasedtoattend

theopeningof‘TheCar.TheFuture.

Me.’attheBritishMotorMuseum.

Thistopicalexhibitionisopen

untilJuly 2020 andbeginsby

lookingatourfirst(oftenelectric-

powered)transportandwhat

designersthoughtvehicleswould

lookliketoday.Theexhibition

exploresthelatesttechnology,

too,andquestionswhatthebest

solutionisforthefuture.

Exhibitsstartwiththe 1897

BerseyElectricalCab,onloanfrom

theScienceMuseum.Thirteen

tooktoLondon'sroads,butthey

provedtobetoounreliable.

ExhibitioncuratorStephenLaing

waspleasedtohaveincludedthe

CromptonLeylandElectricar,

whichwasfirstshownpublicly

atthe 1972 GenevaMotorShow

andwasstyledbyMichelotti–

Cromptonprovidedtheelectric

traction.A 2016 AurrigoPodZero

bringsthingsrightuptodate;

theCoventry-madecarisfully

driverlessviaGPS,cameras,

ultrasonicsensorsandLiDAR.

Visitorshavetheopportunity

tousetheirimaginationanddesign

theircarofthefuture;it'savery

thought-provokingexhibition

andcertainlyworthavisit.

Theinnovative 1970 CromptonLeyland

Electricar,basedonMinicomponents

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28 Classic & Sports Car September 2019

NEWS & EVENTS

The fourth Heveningham
Concours, held at Suffolk’s
Heveningham Hall on 22-23 June,
provided another mouth-watering
selection of classics on the Geor-
gian estate’s manicured lawns.
But, with trophies up for grabs,
there was serious competition, too.
In the pre-war concours class,
the award went to Jennie Taylor’s
1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B monoposto,
with a 1929 Bugatti Type 35B
GrandPrix receivinga special

mention.TherewasanotherItalian

winner when the post-war division

results were announced, where

a 1967 Ferrari 275GTB/4 pipped

a ’74 Ferrari Dino 246GTS to the

top prize. A 1993 Jaguar XJ220S

took the spoils in the supercar class,

ahead of a ’57 Ferrari 250 Testa

Rossa by Scaglietti.

In the Bentley category, to mark

the manufacturer’s centenary, the

Corner family’s 1931 8 Litre road-

sterbyCorsicaclaimedthehonours.

Theearliestcarin the60-strong

display was a 1898 Panhard et

Levassor M2F, while other high-

lights included four Williams

Grand Prix cars, a 1955 Porsche

550 Spyder, a 1937 AC 16/70 Four-

Seat Sports Tourer and a 1971

De Tomaso Pantera.

The 1939 Westland Lysander

TT MkIII was the class of the

10-plane aviation category. Prior to

the concours, around 50 cars took

partin theHeveninghamTour.

DonLeeSpecialAlfaRomeoTipoBdeniedaBugattiType35Binthepre-warconcoursclass

Ferrari275GTB/4alsotookhomeaprize

Bentley 8 LitreroadsteroftheCorners

The man dubbed ‘The Father of the Mustang’, Lee Iacocca, has died at the

age of 94. The Pennsylvanian had been suffering from Parkinson’s disease.

Born Lido Anthony Iacocca, he began his working life at Ford in 1946

as a student engineer, but was soon looking for a new direction – and his

career took off when he got into sales. Convinced there was a market for

a small, sporty, affordable car for the US market, he oversaw a design

competition to find the solution. Although he didn’t design the Mustang,

he championed the project and saw it through to fruition.

That was far from Iacocca’s only success. Having been president

of Ford since 1970, he joined Chrysler in ’79 and spearheaded the

company’s revival. At times using proposals rejected by Iacocca's

previous employer, Chrysler found its feet and with the minivan

transformed family transport in North America. He led Chrysler's

acquisition of AMC in 1987 before retiring to Los Angeles in 1992.

When his wife

and mother to his

two daughters,

Mary, died following

complications from

type 1 diabetes in

1983, he founded

The Iacocca Family

Foundation to fund

research into the

condition. It has

since raised $45m.

Jim Randle, the man behind

the Jaguar ‘Saturday Club’ that

spawned the groundbreaking

XJ220, has died aged 81.

First a Rover man, he worked on

the P6 and P7 before joining Jaguar

in 1965. Within 15 years he was

director of vehicle engineering,

having had a role in the XJ12 and

XJ-S, and later launched the XJ40.

“He will be remembered as a

great man and engineer, and a true

Jaguar legend,” said the Jaguar

Daimler Heritage Trust in tribute.

LEE IACOCCA

1924-2019

JIM RANDLE

1938-2019

Obituaries

Close run concours in Suffolk

TIM SCOTT